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the tech utopia fantasy is over (blog.avas.space)

submitted 14 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

Just looked around their blog/website. Lots of great stuff here. Thanks for sharing.

[–] Sanctus 5 points 14 hours ago

It was never real to begin with in real life. We have always crept towards autocracy, never towards Star Trek in actual social or economic policy. Just because we made a tablet like Picard uses doesnt mean we were ever projected to move that way in any other aspect of governance or life.

[–] pennomi -4 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

I’m glad they’re citing their sources. But on the other hand most hard quality of life indicators are up globally, even if the perception of the way the world is trending is negative.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 hours ago

"People say their life sucks, but I looked at some numbers and actually they're wrong!"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago

stop gaslighting yourself

[–] [email protected] 21 points 12 hours ago

The planet is slowly cooking but the GDP line goes up 🤷