This piece is a well-built observation; woven from the oft frayed edges of film and books. Really cool to see someone have moderately concise and clear thought that binds across the many fields interested in their respective piece of the larger "issue" facing our current moment.
It's difficult to not share in the author's ambivalence, if not disdain, for the passing dawn of techno-omniscience.
It's that theme of the opacity of the motivations creating a fear response that's most interesting. Yes, we are enjoying these things because they are designed to be enjoyable, free, helpful. But, how is this going to bite me and/or us in the ass once it's beyond the ability to rein it in?
It's difficult to not share in the author's ambivalence, if not disdain, for the passing dawn of techno-omniscience.
It's that theme of the opacity of the motivations creating a fear response that's most interesting. Yes, we are enjoying these things because they are designed to be enjoyable, free, helpful. But, how is this going to bite me and/or us in the ass once it's beyond the ability to rein it in?