Toxn Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Just now, Collimatrix said: You have a pretty pessimistic view of the diversity of human culture if you think that awfulness tends to converge, rather than producing manifold local variations on the theme of awfulness. What if large swathes of the future are like North Korea or Eritrea or Equatorial Guinea instead? I don't think we're headed for a drab, uniform future that sucks. I'm optimistic that we're headed for a future that will feature many different kinds of suck. I was actually getting around to adressing that already . I think there will be a lot of uniformity in how things suck, because the new nobles will all be internationally mobile. The future for the upper crust will look a lot like the present: children in international schools, March-May in Tokyo, vacations at private islands and the rest of the time spent in walled compounds figuring out how to siphon resources from the plebs most efficiently. The guys running the show will more-or-less live alike, think alike and govern alike in so far as awfulness is concerned. Your utopian dreams of colourful and vibrant forms of oppression and excess will not come to pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Not going to happen.....These Elites are a bunch of inbred incompetents, incapable of tying their own shoelaces without assistance from a more capable member of the species. We guard you while you sleep (and we also run your servers). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 5 minutes ago, Sgt.Squarehead said: Not going to happen.....These Elites are a bunch of inbred incompetents, incapable of tying their own shoelaces without assistance from a more capable member of the species. We guard you while you sleep (and we also run your servers). So why do they get everything while you get to work double shifts until your work permit expires and they boot you out of the country? Sgt.Squarehead 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlucine Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Because the revolution hasn't happened yet Sgt.Squarehead and LoooSeR 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 The future is bright red comrades! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Just now, Sgt.Squarehead said: The future is bright red comrades! I have this idea that, due to the nature of how technological change works (contra to the singularitarians, it's a sigmoid function), you could end up in a stage where fully centralised economies are viable again. Unforunately the asymptote for present technologies (specifically biotech) is probably well over the weird event horizon where history and human nature don't hold anymore. So, you know, not useful if you're planning to revive the USSR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Have you read Iain M Banks sci-fi at all? I'm a bit of a fan. Quote Not that I was in a much better position myself. I may have wanted the exact opposite of Dervley Linter, but I very much doubted I was going to get my way, either. I didn’t want to leave, I didn’t want to keep them safe from us and let them devour themselves; I wanted maximum interference…I wanted to see the junta generals fill their pants when they realized that the future is––in Earth terms––bright, bright red. Iain M Banks - State Of The Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 1 minute ago, Sgt.Squarehead said: Have you read Iain M Banks sci-fi at all? I'm a bit of a fan. Me too. Sgt.Squarehead 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect and Donward 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sgt.Squarehead Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 It really is the gift that keeps on giving, you don't even have to search: https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/society/2017/10/8/man-arrested-in-saudi-arabia-for-beating-pregnant-wife https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/blog/2017/10/6/saudi-man-puts-kidney-up-for-sale-on-twitter https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/blog/2017/8/10/homophobic-hashtag-attacking-incomplete-men-goes-viral-in-saudi?utm_campaign=magnet&utm_source=article_page&utm_medium=related_articles https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/blog/2017/8/10/saudi-woman-arrested-and-lashed-for-hitting-husband?utm_campaign=magnet&utm_source=article_page&utm_medium=related_articles https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/blog/2017/9/14/saudi-state-cleric-bans-birthdays-because-they-are-extravagant?utm_campaign=magnet&utm_source=article_page&utm_medium=related_articles Just another day in Saudi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted October 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect said: Dubai is not in Saudi Arabia, this is the thread for Saudi backwardness only, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 19 minutes ago, Collimatrix said: Dubai is not in Saudi Arabia, this is the thread for Saudi backwardness only, thank you. Excuse me for lumping deranged sharia tainted groups together like the dogs they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 The future's so bright: https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/blog/2017/10/18/forget-studying-well-never-find-jobs-say-saudi-youth They gotta wear shades! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Saudi heir promises to destroy the clerics. We'll see, I think. Sgt.Squarehead 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Translation: Saudi heir signs his own death warrant. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 More gems from the febrile mind of Prince Mohamed Bin Salman: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/world/middleeast/saudi-arabias-grand-plan-to-move-beyond-oil-big-goals-bigger-hurdles.html Quote "The crown prince announced plans to create a new city on the Red Sea coast, largely staffed by robots." What could possibly go wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 ROFL: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/saudi-arabia-robot-sophia-citizenship-android-riyadh-citizen-passport-future-a8021601.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted October 27, 2017 Report Share Posted October 27, 2017 More ghastly pandering from tory gobshites: https://www.thecanary.co/global/2017/10/26/michael-fallon-finally-tells-truth-britains-deals-saudi-arabia-topple-government-opinion/ https://www.thecanary.co/global/2017/10/25/government-makes-shameful-confession-tries-defend-wrong-move/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted October 27, 2017 Report Share Posted October 27, 2017 https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/saudi-arabia-bestows-citizenship-robot-235955390.html Saudi bestows citizenship on a robot. What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted October 27, 2017 Report Share Posted October 27, 2017 7 minutes ago, Walter_Sobchak said: https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/saudi-arabia-bestows-citizenship-robot-235955390.html Saudi bestows citizenship on a robot. What? Trump to install robot travel ban in 4, 3, 2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted October 27, 2017 Report Share Posted October 27, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted October 27, 2017 Report Share Posted October 27, 2017 12 hours ago, Walter_Sobchak said: https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/saudi-arabia-bestows-citizenship-robot-235955390.html Saudi bestows citizenship on a robot. What? Robots will soon have more rights than shiites in SA. lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted October 27, 2017 Report Share Posted October 27, 2017 2 hours ago, LoooSeR said: Robots will soon have more rights than shiites in SA. lol. You took the words right off my keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 More on Saudi Arabia's 2013 contribution to the Syrian Civil War: https://theintercept.com/2017/10/24/syria-rebels-nsa-saudi-prince-assad/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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