> Because we invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale and they took it at face value and decided to implement it for real. ...
> Did you ever wonder why the 21st century feels like we're living in a bad cyberpunk novel from the 1980s?
> It's because these guys read those cyberpunk novels and mistook a dystopia for a road map.
That is so true. I actually met someone who seriously wished to do what he could to make reality like a cyberpunk novel, completely oblivious to the fact that the books are dystopias.
Tech people can be really, really, really dumb sometimes. That idiocy can go completely unchecked because they frequently arrogantly believe their type is smarter than everyone else.
> Did you ever wonder why the 21st century feels like we're living in a bad cyberpunk novel from the 1980s?
> It's because these guys read those cyberpunk novels and mistook a dystopia for a road map.
That is so true. I actually met someone who seriously wished to do what he could to make reality like a cyberpunk novel, completely oblivious to the fact that the books are dystopias.
Tech people can be really, really, really dumb sometimes. That idiocy can go completely unchecked because they frequently arrogantly believe their type is smarter than everyone else.