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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah nothing is even going close to my brain unless the hardware itself is open source

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just wait until it's not technically mandatory, but you can't do your taxes, find a job or participate in society without beaming ads straight to your brain.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I guess I'm becoming a hermit then

[–] dditty 3 points 1 year ago

Or even to compete in the labor force, the productivity gains of mainlining the internet will be insane and ppl without it won't get hired. Ray Kurzweil talks about it a bit in his book "The Singularity is Near," his take is optimistic though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Basically the same as needing to own a smartphone in today's society. You just can't do anything without one anymore.