To maintain faith that the world will not devolve into slop we need to ironically spend more time outside. It’s increasingly concerning that there is a generation of people who will be reared for digital first experiences unless they rebel. SV technocrats already hate humanity and think it’s passe, they’re trying to recreate their version of utopia at the expense of ours.
Great points! I try to go outside three times a day minimum for that very reason. And totally agree about technocrats – the ones reshaping society are the very last kinds of people who should be.
Wild that story was published in 2013! As someone who works in tech I am feeling such cognitive dissonance as by day I am being pushed to accelerate my AI usage and by night my artist/writer friends are sounding the alarm.
I hate those tiktok parodies/reenactments/whatever they are. I never get what's happening because my fyp feeds me the parody, not the original, so I'm like, what is going on, and then I ask myself how is this a thing, and then I feel dumb, and then I feel old, and overall I loathe them.
Wow do I connect with this as I hear those around me tire of my AI laments, but it is so haunting! I'm trying to envision a future where it becomes antiquated before it's everywhere and everything.
To maintain faith that the world will not devolve into slop we need to ironically spend more time outside. It’s increasingly concerning that there is a generation of people who will be reared for digital first experiences unless they rebel. SV technocrats already hate humanity and think it’s passe, they’re trying to recreate their version of utopia at the expense of ours.
Great points! I try to go outside three times a day minimum for that very reason. And totally agree about technocrats – the ones reshaping society are the very last kinds of people who should be.
I just read “The Perfect Match” two weeks ago in my Intro to Sci-fi class! Eerily prescient.
SO eerie!
Wild that story was published in 2013! As someone who works in tech I am feeling such cognitive dissonance as by day I am being pushed to accelerate my AI usage and by night my artist/writer friends are sounding the alarm.
VI hit me in the gut. It's a very good question.
GAH that is a complicated duality! kudos to you! so glad this resonated with other writers <3
I hate those tiktok parodies/reenactments/whatever they are. I never get what's happening because my fyp feeds me the parody, not the original, so I'm like, what is going on, and then I ask myself how is this a thing, and then I feel dumb, and then I feel old, and overall I loathe them.
Haha yes! The things they're parodying are too NEW for it to make any sense!!
Wow do I connect with this as I hear those around me tire of my AI laments, but it is so haunting! I'm trying to envision a future where it becomes antiquated before it's everywhere and everything.
"One repetitive, mushy glob" is so spot on.
It *is* haunting! I think about it constantly so figured I might as well put it on the 'stack (again)!