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When I was a kid in the 80s, "computers will teach your kids in school" was one of those future utopia predictions. Now the thought of a computer teaching kids is horrifying to me. (self.showerthoughts)
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It was right there with flying cars and domed cities on the moon. That was part of the whole Disneyworld/OMNI Magazine promise about life in the year 2000.

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[–] EleventhHour 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is the result of us seeing a shift from technology being benignly applied to technology being used as a tool for an unmitigated profits.

As with any product, all of the good is sucked out of it for the sake of making more money for the greedy tech billionaires.

[–] spankmonkey 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

While capitalism is definitely a big part of it, the desire to control others for non-monetary reasons plays a huge part in it as well. LGBTQ+ harassment and abortion bans don't really play into the capitalist goals, they are there to cause suffering.

[–] Flummoxed 7 points 2 weeks ago

Abortion bans definitely play into capitalist goals. They ensure impoverished, desperate workers will be even more available to work for a pittance.