there’s this cyberpunk fantasy where people want to be netrunners, they imagine they’ll have marginal power over big systems in a world with terawatt datacenters or whatever, but this being even remotely possible, much less desirable, hinges on a fairly particular version of how our universe is shaped… and it’s pretty unclear whether it is in fact shaped like that
Many users dismissed cyberpunk netrunner fantasies as unrealistic amid terawatt datacenters and political midwit leadership in tech, though a few strongly agreed with the feasibility doubts.
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Realizing tech’s obsession with making cyberpunk happen is kind of like if Ted Kaczynski was really obsessed with renaissance fairs
there’s this cyberpunk fantasy where people want to be netrunners, they imagine they’ll have marginal power over big systems in a world with terawatt datacenters or whatever, but this being even remotely possible, much less desirable, hinges on a fairly particular version of how our universe is shaped… and it’s pretty unclear whether it is in fact shaped like that
importantly, especially as a high iq person, saying you know for sure it is in fact shaped like that is evidence that you are emoting rather than thinking
there’s this cyberpunk fantasy where people want to be netrunners, they imagine they’ll have marginal power over big systems in a world with terawatt datacenters or whatever, but this being even remotely possible, much less desirable, hinges on a fairly particular version of how our universe is shaped… and it’s pretty unclear whether it is in fact shaped like that
@bayeslord Politics instead of merit put midwits in charge of tech. The midwits have blind spots. Thats why net runners have an edge.
And you know, bummer, but maybe a little maturation is in order
@bayeslord and almost no one really wants it anyway, despite our best efforts to create it
@bayeslord I try to think of mice or bugs coming into my home. It’s like how big of a nuisance has this really become. Weaker powers can risk more to gain minor advantages
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@toly @bayeslord Bloody right Mate!