In an old Simpsons episode Lisa gets to visit the Teachers room, where all the staff are making fun of the children. Groundskeeper Willie is pantomiming Milhouse “Oh I am Milhouse, I tell all my secrets to Willie since I have no friends!” and the teachers laugh. Later something embarrassing happens to Milhouse and he immediately runs away crying “I have to tell this to Willie!”.

We have all become Milhouse now.

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Avicebron 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Inequality has eroded trust in society in ~50 years, a lot of the old models (heh) of how we see the world aren't relevant. It's hard to exist when everything around us is adversarial.

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kevin_thibedeau 31 minutes ago | parent [-]

Data brokers were around 50 years ago. They just had more limited sources to draw from.

	▲	buellerbueller 24 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		That's like saying my 1980s casio calculator watch and an an apple watch are the same. they're not the same.

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flipping_beacon 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This can't be real I am go gonna ask Willie

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davsti4 34 minutes ago | parent [-]

But, Willie isn't real?

	▲	water-data-dude 5 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		No, but now you can talk to a model that pretends to be Willie ;)