Now I am not so sure about welcoming our new AI Overlords
At one point, though, it seemed like a pretty cool idea.
Daniel B. Markham
Nerd Roundup 2021-01
It's the new year, and the guys review all of the nerdy things that happened in 2020
The Platform Is The Enemy
The premise of the movie "Idiocracy" is simple: in the future mankind has de-evolved into morons. Technology does so much for everybody that nobody knows how it all works anymore. If we can't fix it, we're all going to die.
One character asks the
Technology Is Heroin (2008)
Ed: From 2008. This is believed to be the first mention of the combination of evolutionary pressures+addictive content as a driving force in technology creation
By Daniel on February 6, 2008 1:19 PM
In 1850 people didn't know how their favorite symphony sounded.
Back then, it