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   Paris Marx (parismarx@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 20:17:18 JST Paris Marx

   The Butlerian Jihad against “thinking machines” happened 10,000 years before the events of Dune:

   “This is the literal, narrative reason for the purging of any use of the machines: People in this world felt an overreliance on such technology that inevitably changed how society functioned for the worse.”

   https://collider.com/dune-why-no-computer-explained/

   #dune #tech #luddite

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     Jeremy Kahn (trochee@dair-community.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 20:17:26 JST Jeremy Kahn

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     @parismarx

     Ugh the article takes 1000 words to describe what could fit in a toot

     "Dune book lore says there are no computers because of the Butlerian Jihad 10k years prior.

     They use mentats (Hawat) and genetic memory (Lady Jessica) and drugs (the navigators) instead.

     Villeneuve could have changed it but fans would have rioted. The low-fi tech of Dune is 1000% part of the vibe."

     Feels like someone took those fifty words and fed it to a "lengthen this to 1400 words" prompting engine