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You heard it here first: you should only fear the market once it becomes a bazinga-imperative robot god. Before then, lazy women keep the worst excesses of the market in check, which Grimes claims is a good if temporary thing... i think? morshupls

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[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I regret to inform you (grimes, whoever that is) that capitalism has already developed a baby making factory

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I used to argue that back in CA: "The paperclip maximizer is already here and it doesn't even need to be self-aware to destroy the environment to maximize its preprogrammed imperatives."

But no, the treats they consumed said it has to be a scary (and probably sexy) robot deity first for it to be a problem. morshupls

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

CA?

Yeah, at some point the idea about cyberpunk/whatever other ideas about monstrous god machines being capitalism (or at least modern society, depends on how lib the author is). Early blue curtains, I guess.

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[–] Zoift@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Following this down the road, cause this sorta rambling is my bag.

Capital goes full Matrix and grows us in birthtanks with our brains plugged into n-dimensional adspace, and this is cheaper than people fucking somehow. The Matrix crashes itself in a market bubble after every uploaded tech-broverlord begins chasing faster turn around and cheaper production by skipping on QA. The last generation of humans is born with only the ability to imagine a single NFT.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

The last generation of humans is born with only the ability to imagine a single NFT.

That last line would hit like thunder at the end of a short story. omori-afraid

[–] Red_sun_in_the_sky@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I heard that grimes drowned in 3 inches of water at the penguin exhibit.

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

She said she got an 'A' on her Edgar Allen Poe paper and is a scrabble master.

[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

wow she read Huxley.

[–] sweatersocialist@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

she's had elon musk's baby so surely her opinion must be worth something, right?

[–] Venat@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

ohey welcome back UlyssesT

(formerly Zodiark)

[–] adultswim_antifa@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago
[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

is there a literary equivalent of someone who just talks to hear themselves talk? That seems to sum up Grimes with her posts.

[–] Boredom@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

She made the Hilda theme song, let her be a little too early about fear of human cloning.

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hi hey quick question, how do we do this infinite growth on a finite planet?

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

We colonize space where resources are notoriously abundant and easy to access.

[–] chungusamonugs@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

What is a grimes

[–] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Thanks for merking Kissinger @UlyssesT we have missed you!

[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

Dworkin-Land Maxxing

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