I really wouldn't care if people were shrugging. It's the gleeful celebration that's getting to me.
Sibilantjoe
OK. So some asshole shoots up a local politician's house, while he and his eight year old son are inside. Something that:
- Has only increased support for said politician
- Has strengthened his resolve to support said data center
- Will inevitably be used as evidence that anti-AI people are nuts
- Could easily have ended in the murder of a child, because, again, he was in the house this person indiscriminately fired into
And the reaction here is 'good?'
If you honestly believe this way, you have been dangerously radicalized. Get help before you hurt someone.
The presence of Kazuma and Aqua guarantee that there will be no peace on this flight no matter where one is seated.
It's a story because the FBI just fired the agents involved in that investigation, per the article. Patel literally firing people for investigating him.
Literally 👉👈
Ah, I see what you mean now.
What? No. The Culture is about individual freedom to a high degree, even the AIs (Minds) running the show are individuals that often disagree with each other about how to proceed.
It's good, but I'd say it comes in at a definite second place to Worm. There's much more of a focus on trauma and recovery from same, plus a wider cast of characters makes it feel a bit unfocused. Definitely read it if you (1) really enjoyed the angst in Worm and want more like that and (2) are deeply curious about how the world looks post-cataclysm.
As if Trainwiz wasn't based enough already.
Just stop showing up for work. Instant pension.
This has some real Antichrist energy to it.