Category: Weak Signals
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everything is connected to something
Already deeply unpopular with the communities upon which they are being imposed, the potential for datacenters to become sites of sabotage and warfare is not going to help their public image in the slightest.
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internalize the narrative of our own obsolescence
You tell me everyone pisses in the pool, and you’re surprised that I’ve decided I’d rather not swim after all?
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generational hangover
There are also moments when a widely-shared world ends not with a neat denouement, but rather with a slurry of lazy tropes and cliches.
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and they burn so bright, while you can only wonder why
Like the faerie folk, once you’ve learned to see them, you always will—and also like the faerie folk, they can see that you can see them, and that marks you out for whatever blessings or curses they may choose to bestow upon you.