An unsettling new economic allegory argues modern workers have become the “Eloi” of a technofeudal system designed to extract wealth, time and security from the many.

Interesting re-examination of ‘The Time Machine’ in the light of the Information Revolution. Maybe a stretching of the metaphor, maybe not.

  • belochka@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    … lost in recent like 20 years, in my childhood dissent was far more normal than now. I think it’s social media, but also the commonly pursued concept of what’s socially respectable, solid and real.

    And dissent is, by normalization, what allows peace in society.

    • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      And dissent is, by normalization, what allows peace in society.

      Truly, but also by extension, tolerance makes for a more civilized society. Especially for the different.