I have no real memories of the 1970s, but certainly overall freedom has been decreasing for a long while. We were a lot freer in the 1980s and 1990s than now; with today’s ubiqiutous surveillance and monitoring, life is a virtual1 prison compared to what existed then.
It’s strange and a little dispiriting being in calls or in meetings and there’s a load of people blathering on about a technology and its functioning when it becomes clear that you’re the only one who actually knows how it really works. The others are making mouth noises that only serve to illustrate how it might work in some other world nothing like ours. They might believe they have a grasp of the tech, but in fact they do not.
It’s good to be the expert in the room but sometimes lonely.
A lot of women claim they get tattoos to repel men and then get angry when it works? What is that about?
Remember when movie theaters had personalities?
That is some personality, yes, but that is a sloppy caricature of and feeble nod to 1920s-style theaters that were the height of amalgamating Egyptian, Asian, Indian and other architectural influences, most famously in the various Fox Theaters that dotted the nation then — some of which have been restored of late.
So even this is but an imitation of an imitation of a simulation of the reality. And it shows.
Like 40% of the many, many Firefox extensions I have installed are to unbreak stuff that should not be broken and to prevent others from controlling my computer, or my browser, or to stop them from spying on me.
Social media limits are coming for teens across Europe.
The EV market is on the road to recovery thanks to high gas prices.
Satya Nadella has issued a shocking warning to companies using AI.
Japan develops a method to recover up to 90% of lithium from used EV batteries.
Quantum-gravitational mechanism could explain the universe's homogeneity.
World-First 'Super Alloy' Could Transform The Way Metals Are Made.
The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passes.
The Difference Between Watercolor and Gouache Paints.
Kamikaze Drone Boats Used By U.S. In Combat For The First Time.
Ukraine Getting License To Build Aster 30 Anti-Missile Interceptors. Cool.