Decades ago, the more optimistic futurists probably thought that we’d eventually be living on space settlements in a scarcity-free utopia where robots do all the work for us and no one wants for anything. Few predicted that the future would look more like accepting «terms and conditions» before ordering a cheeseburger at the drive-thru, or …
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20 Reasons Why ‘Smart Devices’ Are Actually Dumb As Hell
What’s the point of ‘smart’ and ‘connected’ objects? Are they supposed to help us get through menial tasks more efficiently, or have the capitalists figured out a clever way to perpetually profit off the objects we use on a daily basis? Sometimes it feels like the latter. When your printer holds your ink cartridge hostage …
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