#i have to stay alive but for what??? for climate change to make everything exponentially worse in the next 10-15 years??

[clowningcrows]

i fear i cannot mentally or emotionally handle being conscious much longer so im gonna take a melatonin and hope to god it works enough to make me pass out by 8:30 tbh

[aurosoul]

In regards to the tech sphere devolving into absurdity, I'm pretty sure just about everything has been spiraling into bizarro world since 2012. Just everything in general has been getting weird.

oh man you are 100% correct. I don’t know if you’re familiar with the concept of the ‘technological singularity’, but it’s something that’s fascinated me for a long time and it always feels like a looming possibility.

the gist of it is that human technological progress has (so far) been exponential, and that if we stay on this track.... the acceleration will eventually launch us into a world beyond imagination or recognition. (and that launch point will be The Singularity)

and, man..... as someone who was born in the 90’s, the last 20 years have been a crazy ride. I saw the advent of the internet, of cell phones, of pocket-sized networked computers (smartphones), of robotic prosthetics, the massive shift towards digital communication, digital art, digital media, and NOW....

the advent of virtual reality. of real haptic suits and gloves. of augmented reality glasses, of AI indistinguishable from a human being, of AI-generated EVERYTHING via neural networks, and, on top of all of that, the advent of quantum computing which allows us to harness quantum mechanics to do all of this even faster.

and yet... ALL of this is useless to us unless we can use it to bring people together to bring down the colonial oligarchy dead set on keeping us trapped in the societal dark ages. financial inequality, racism, ableism, sexism, climate change, etc etc etc aren’t talked about enough in tech spaces.

and what’s more: tech is being used to make our lives actively worse!! spyware, propaganda, targeted advertisements, military robotics, industrialization, all that fucked up shit!!

technology won’t save us unless people use it for humanitarian purposes. green energy! universal basic income paired with automation! degrowth of capitalist systems! indigenous-guided city planning and land management! and so many other ideas from people more knowledgeable than me.

I think the ‘bizzaro world’ vibes come from this huge dissonance we’re all feeling from being more connected and technologically advanced than ever before in the entirety of human history - while also still having to fight for basic survival in a hyper-divided political landscape

it’s a strange time to be alive. I have no idea how any of this will shake out - but no matter what I’m determined to be on the side of good.