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When it comes to enslavement to giant corporations or government, all I can say is: "The only winning move is not to play."
by metoobruh 2mo ago
When it comes to enslavement to giant corporations or government, all I can say is:
"The only winning move is not to play."
- p1esk 2mo agoIt’s nice to be rich I guess
- bigyabai 2mo agoIt's even nicer having freedom.
- cortesoft 2mo agoFreedom is pretty useless without food
- metoobruh 2mo agoThe other day I was digging through a grocery store dumpster, pulling out a truck load of good food for free, as usual. A couple young Indian immigrants came walking by, avoiding eye contact with this dirty, low class American. I offered one of them a beer. He was excited for about .5 seconds, then asked, "Wait, did that come out of the dumpster?" and suddenly decided he didn't want it. Shrug. Back to the cubicle for him I guess.
- j-bos 2mo agoOften bought with riches.
- bigyabai 2mo agoMore often with principles.
- Grimblewald 2mo agoi think you underestimate the starting capital required to be able to stand with principles in the modern world. I'm lucky to be in such a position, but I'm also aware few are.
- Guestmodinfo 2mo agoYou don't need money to live a principled life. Change your life lens. Seek the truth, change the company. There are several places that don't ask you to compromise your morals or principles. Be in touch with principled people, learn from them. I never care about money and so I never have it but I have never been found wanting when I need it. God will make it happen. No worries.
- fhfnfhfbjffj 2mo agoYou’re not enlightened. You’re ignorant.
- eikenberry 2mo agoOr be willing to move.
- metoobruh 2mo agoOr be willing to do without all the fluff and luxuries and live a simple and humble life, to avoid enslavement of oneself and one's family to the Beast.
- thin_carapace 2mo agoi rarely use ai, however i must constantly sift through ai blog posts like this one to find actual communication. should i leave the internet to win the game against ai? well i did the next best thing and got a nokia brick phone, yet facebook still knows how to recommend those i meet in real life!! i tried not playing but im still in the game. does that mean the only way i can win is to kill myself?
- Alien1Being 2mo agoThat strategy would not be guaranteed to work. An AI simulation of you would post on HN. Welcome to the future. As always 99% of it is poor quality slop...
- em-bee 2mo agowhy are you on facebook?
- thin_carapace 2mo agoi have an account from when i was a teenager that i sometimes use to talk to family. why do you ask? based on my anecdote we are all tracked by facebook, whether or not we are on facebook.
- cortesoft 2mo agoIt was confusing hearing that Facebook was recommending people to you when you made it sound like you were choosing to opt out of those things. I am not sure how your anecdote would show you are all tracked by Facebook even if you aren't on facebook; you only received recommendations for people to friend on facebook because you are on facebook. I am not on facebook, so i have never had facebook recommend anyone to me.
- thin_carapace 2mo agomy phone cant run facebook. by choosing this phone i am opting not to have facebook track me on a constant basis. however, based on whatever signals are available to everyone elses phones, facebook still tracks me. and facebook is doing the same to everybody including you - not sure if youre aware of the concept of shadow profiles?