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[-] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 106 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of this old gem:

[-] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 47 points 1 month ago

"What if there's too much fire?" remains surprisingly relevant.

Though I guess we do have bigger expectations of what's too much fire, given regular events.

[-] masterspace@lemmy.ca 41 points 1 month ago

Some people don't seem to realize that Black Mirror is not a deep exploration of how far technology can go, but a deep exploration of how far the writers' anxiety and pessimism can go.

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 41 points 1 month ago

I'd argue the tech is never the problem - it's always "how can a bad corporation/government make this neat idea a dystopian nightmare?"

[-] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 15 points 1 month ago

I'm worried that rich people watch black mirror and think: hey, that's a good idea.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

Finally, we have built the Torment Nexus, from the beloved book Do Not Build The Torment Nexus.

[-] MySkinIsFallingOff@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

> Wait, so the rich are the problem?
> Always has been πŸŒπŸ§‘β€πŸš€πŸ”«πŸ§‘β€πŸš€

[-] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Like how russia saw the robot dog and was like "It just needs an mounted RPG"

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

I’d argue that little autonomous murder robots are never a good thing, no matter who uses them.

[-] devfuuu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

If it's built it will be used for evil. It's simple. That's why so many people insist on trying to make sure certain things aren't built.

[-] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month ago

But how much longer can the market survive without my Torment Nexusℒ️?

[-] optissima@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah but what if instead we didn't react like that and looked forward towards making a world where that tech is fine because no one is trying to crush others to fulfill a misapplied survival instinct.

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago
[-] optissima@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No luck involved, just dedication to humanity :) but Thank you

[-] mmddmm@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

And then you go and punish the people doing evil things.

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago

Not really. We don't have to live in a society where every idea is used to extract wealth or exert power over others... We just happen to live in such a society

[-] venusaur@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Bear go in cave and man come out

[-] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm just pretty impressed by the stone age guy drawing 25 cave paintings per second on top of all the writing (before it's even invented) to produce Black Mirror (before Mirrors are invented) with the technology at the time.

[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The relationship between agriculture and slavery would like a word.

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