Originally Posted by notinmybackyard

You can call me an old timer...
you can say I'm a luddite....
You can even claim I'm "scared" of the technology and change...

But the future is Aldous Huxley and I'll argue we're already living in a dystopian world

I know a few things about technology because when I was a child my parents still bought gramophone records. I've had 45s, LPs, 8 tracks, etc. Back in the 70s some of "old timers" we're already trying to digitize and transmit smut using the "Internet" so we wouldn't get caught smuggling it across the border or on sex tourism. Honestly none of this shit has made the world any better.

When electric self-driving cars become the norm you can kiss freedom of any kind goodbye. The establishment is going to know where you are... where you're going.. who you're seeing... etc. Plus there's going to be so much unemployment that guaranteed Welfare will be the norm and that means if you don't kiss the establishment's asshole you won't eat or live indoors.

So if you really want to do the world some good... Go back to the horse and buggy.