where we at with the transhumanist dystopia?

[Riccardo Bosi]

 

[FatPatsBaps]

I like to think the average person wouldn't go along with this. But then I remember that there are rubes, like Rick, that would gleefully insert a chip into his hand so he can check how long his microwaved meatloaf was stored.

I can see shit like this being forced onto everyone either through their employment, or if society creates a 'need' so that getting chipped makes life easier (like smartphones, or even the covid vaccine).

 

[Stent]

They've been promising to get rid of barcodes for 30 years and still haven't worked it out.

 

[Riccardo Bosi]

I like to think the average person wouldn't go along with this. But then I remember that there are rubes, like Rick, that would gleefully insert a chip into his hand so he can check how long his microwaved meatloaf was stored.

I can see shit like this being forced onto everyone either through their employment, or if society creates a 'need' so that getting chipped makes life easier (like smartphones, or even the covid vaccine).

The larger the institution, the more programmed their NPC minions are. No bullshit. My cousins have told me about how annoying university staff are. This was before COVID.

"Hi, I've enrolled."
"Great! You can sign in using our app here."
"Uh, app? I don't have it."
"Oh, well, just download it and you can sign in."
"Yeah well maybe later, because now I'd have to download it and wait."
"Well, you know, it's all a lot easier if you have the app."
"...Isn't my name on the list?"
"Hm? Oh, yeah I guess I could find it *looks at a list with everyone's name on it* yup, here you are, you can go in now."

I think the goal is to have everybody dependent on time-wasting shit; you NEED this app to enter certain locations, so the app can also bombard you with ads every time you walk into a store. It will become common for apartments to be on top of department stores, so you cannot leave or enter without walking past products, you will be constantly tempted with $6.00 coffees on your way out along with breakfast sandwiches and boxes of Chinese food when heading back in.

That life sounds great for some people.