sadmanbarty
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Picture a not too distant future in which someone spends their time alone in a bedroom. Between a universal basic income and telecommuting they have no financial need to go outside. Likewise, with amazon, tesco online shopping and deliveroo at their disposal they have no need to go out shopping. Their entertainment consists of streaming music and films and playing video games. An vr headset allows them to occupy novel environments and the abundance of online pornography similarly means their sexual desires are met. Their social interactions all take place on social media. They have no need to establish a repartee of in-jokes with their friends as popular memes serve that purpose.
it's a future that's very close indeed. it's one that's been built by (and thus for) social outcasts and introverts. its in some ways an autistic future.
where do we encounter this future now and what does it all mean?
it's a future that's very close indeed. it's one that's been built by (and thus for) social outcasts and introverts. its in some ways an autistic future.
where do we encounter this future now and what does it all mean?