There is literally a "Black Mirror" episode about this kind of thing.

krageon 18 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This type of thing has been generalised to "we have created the torment nexus from acclaimed book 'dont create the torment nexus'". I really do not understand what motivates engineers to rebuild things from dystopic fiction, but I think it is emblematic of the type of thinking engineers working in the advertisement industry have as well.

A sort of willful blindness to real consequence born out of a vast apathy for social impact.

	▲	kingbillion1 17 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I can't speak for others, but I personally built this because as a kid when I was about 10 years old, I came to terms with my own mortality and that of my loved ones for the first time and it shocked me into paranoia. I grew up seeking ways to preserve my world view past my physical time in this realm, I didn't find any suitable so I thought it best to build one since the technology is already available.

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kingbillion1 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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