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.@dravensbe it's not about you can "do". you are not a robot. you are not a microchip. you are not an automaton. you are a human.
Endless life support for the "markets", corrupt politics, robots, drones, perma-war, broken civil rights, collapsed middle classes.
It's as if the technnotopians don't get that 3D printed laser unicorn robots aren't a substitute for a working society.
Geeks think human experience can be reduced to "information". That's a world where all literally robots. It's empty, meaningless, stupid.
Oh, this is the one where everyone yells at me in defense of their favorite plastic celebrity substitute for a real life. I forgot :)
So just because a string of text in a plastic box is called "an eBook", doesn't mean it has much in common with...a book.
The future feels like a plastic spork stabbing me in the face.
"Analysis of your vocabulary patterns today suggests you may be Socially Maladjusted. Would you like to AutoFriend?"
RT @tonb: @umairh, get happy: "Your focal patterns indicate you may be depressed today. Empathy hormones have been added to your drinking water."
The best part ? Drones have already made pre-crime, based on "patterns of suspicious behaviors", reality. There goes the rule of law.
RT @pakistanmonitor: blackout in #Pakistan tonight RT @umairh: So, what kind of vapid mediocrity are we celebrating tonight?
So, what kind of vapid mediocrity are we celebrating tonight?
LOL, so true. Hipsterism is really a cult of mediocrity. "@B_LeDouche: @umairh Hipster costumes are the uniform of the mediocre"
Mediocrity believes it's great. Greatness know it's mediocre.
So I'd gently suggest, rather than hoping for magical easy fixes through tech (or "markets"), there are bigger questions worth asking.
epic "@PaulSweeney: @umairh heard Marc Andreeson talk about the liquidity of the drone market today.... I'm not even joking...."
The only people that wear clothes purely for comfiness are the PJs all day crowd. And if that's your market, good luck to you.
OK, I clearly have to stop this compulsive tweeting and actually go have a life now. I hope everyone has a disgustingly awesome weekend :)
Life isn't an engineering challenge. And building societies that rise to today's great challenges isn't like building an iPhone.
Bingo. We want life without living. RT @moodee_q: @umairh ...but its worth the risk..makes u feel alive..comes with opportunity cost but
living a worthwhile life is like being the author of your own great book. Hint: it's not easy, and there are no guarantees.
If we end up feeling empty most of the time, I'd bet that most the preceding is precisely why. A life worth living isn't a giant 7-11.
Bars, books, cafes, libraries, squares. Some things are close to perfect as they are, and need no "innovation".
The other thing I note is that the physical books in my library trigger thoughts and memories when I just see them. Ebooks, never.
That's not a library. RT @nadirdaman: @umairh i have no issue with every e-book free, you have access to worlds greatest library
Blogs aren't books. Slideshows aren't news. Rooms full of iPads aren't libraries.
I find the prospect of a world without newspapers, bookstores, or libraries pretty terrifying.
Conservatism failed conservatives. But liberals failed liberalism.
Let's reclaim liberalism from the "liberals", and conservatism from the "conservatives".
Liberals exhorting drones to, in effect, claim a political trophy aren't liberals; but precisely the opposite. Flunkies.
But they're the only thing that will save it. "@TheAtlantic: No, Liberal Arts Majors Didn't Kill the Economy "
I don't know what to call American and British liberals. Apart from wimpily insecure anxious narcissistic generally clueless dudes.
I know it's totally weird to think about, but once, liberals didn't stand for assassination, torture, corpocracy, and plutocracy.
Nope. Liberalism isn't just "Technology is awesome!!" RT @jstogdill: @umairh you are fascinating. A natural conservative.
Don't kid yourself. There's no habeas corpus. @anoojshah: @umairh my understanding is that the laws will prevent that from happening"
.@Anish_Dave Yes, books will succumb to the "laws of economics". Those laws aren't laws. They're fake. We shouldn't let them rule our lives.
Gee, I wonder which is a bigger threat to civilization: a bunch of dudes in a cave, or ABANDONING THE RULE OF LAW.
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