The world has gone to shit because capitalism created a world where Mark Zuckerberg’s dreams come true.

“Locked in”? “Can’t”?

Huh?

Can’t people just use all of the stores if they want? Steam doesn’t lock you out of the xbox app, or the ubisoft store or whatever as far as I know.

Probably because of unwarranted cynicism.

Is there any fundamental difference between Copilot and Scout, or is it just a straight up rebranding?

Wind is solar powered.

Everything on earth is solar powered. Oil is just a disgustingly inefficient liquid battery.

Exactly right. Neo expressed true freedom when Agent Smith, enraged, asks Neo why he keeps fighting, and Neo says “because I choose to”.

Our world is full of people who have been programmed like robots, that don’t examine their programming. Freedom from the Matrix starts with recognizing our programmable nature, and learning to see clearly how it’s exploited by the system. Only then can we begin to program ourselves.

Indeed.

“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. …We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. …In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons…who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.”
― Edward Bernays, Propaganda

We are controlled through encouraged habits.

Its an allegory for the social matrix we all find ourselves in.

For sure, it’s Elon’s whole thing. Look at Star Citizen, same thing. Blur the lines between what’s achievable and what seems feasible and say you need people’s money to make th dream work. Money go brrrrr

Hopefully we learn about our collective power before it comes to that, but who am I kidding…

“The commencement speaches aren’t working… dang nabit! Time for plan B”

I think part of the problem is they know a lot people want life and entertainment to be the same thing, so they can sell scifi as reality and it’s a sure way to get tithes from the faithful.

Also looks a bit like a Blue Origin static test.

Are you being serious? Lmfao

Thanks Obama!

“You forgot the ‘/s’.” - idiotic redditor

What’s up, friend? What are you up to on this Friday night?

Automated bullshiting?

“autocorrect” AI

Fuck right off, dipshits.

What really sucks about this is that there’s a version of us in the infinite multiverses where these companies and politicians develop and maintain trust so that we can actually benefit from some of these innovations without just feeling paranoid and taken advantage of, but instead, in their hubris, they make us hate them and their tech.