Why incels take the “Blackpill”—and why we should care (arstechnica.com)

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[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

It's kind of a perfect storm.

Fifty years ago, Alvin Toffler wrote a book called 'Future Shock.' He knew that there would be people who couldn't/wouldn't adapt themselves to the coming change from the Industrial era to the Digital Age. We've got people using the most advanced tech to push the stupidest ideas.

[-] tartaruga@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

I will check out that book.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

Toffler inspired science fiction writer John Brunner. Brunner wrote a book in 1969 and set it in the early 21st Century. He predicted things like middle class folks needing a room mate to make the rent, legalized marijuana, AI, and mass shootings. "Stand On Zanzibar."

https://bookshop.org/p/books/stand-on-zanzibar-john-brunner/7252770?ean=9781250781222&next=t