• Breadbeard
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    2 years ago

    you think that’s frightening? you better read “Needful things” by Stephen king, Morton Rhues “The Wave” or Hans Fallada “every man dies alone”. and read the books, do not watch the movies, which are usually shit and besides the point of what all of this implies for social media, cambridge analytica and what is actually happening. the movies to these books tend to distract from the severity of their message by focusing on the hero/evil dichotomy or a background love story instead of the intricate metaphorical observation & projection of mechanisms by their respective authors.

    if i can think of this in regards to current technology, guess how far the architects of these systems and the managers have seen forward into the dystopia they are about to sell us to secure and cement their own positions, which are mostly inherited…