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the year is 2032. you're trying to read calvin and hobbes with your kids but they get confused about the scenes where he's playing in the snow. you have to explain that before the pandemic kids used to have snow days, and then, tears in your eyes, you have to explain what snow is https://t.co/X3yR5n7G7z
@MichelleAkin also there's a part two https://t.co/BOHfi5ZzRM
then you turn off parenting simulator because your AI assistant is warning you that you need to start minimizing your light exposure now in order to optimize your sleep metrics. sensing your bleak despair, the assistant injects you with the usual mood stabilizers. you smile
then you turn off parenting simulator because your AI assistant is warning you that you need to start minimizing your light exposure now in order to optimize your sleep metrics. sensing your bleak despair, the assistant injects you with the usual mood stabilizers. you smile
previously in this series https://t.co/HZPQIeONvt
[guy who is really into etymology in 100 years] hey did you know the “bait” part of the word “clickbait” originally referred to a piece of food you’d use to catch fish and stuff? only with “clickbait” it’s like we’re the fish. makes you think [other guy] what’s a fish
“remote kindergarten” ayfkm 😩 https://t.co/0pRNfCdK7o
@QiaochuYuan Ok u can have some of what u want to see less of, as a treat... https://t.co/eK5dwZJCI0
“focus your energy on what you want to see more of” has some distressing implications for the whole genre of dystopian fiction. it suggests that dystopian fiction doesn’t successfully act as a warning, and if anything makes dystopias look cooler, more familiar, more thinkable