Yes, let’s accelerate to a grinding halt
Hypothesis: There are two types of people.
- Some people read a poem like “All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace” and think it’s a beautiful vision of the future of humanity.
- Other people, like me, recognize that the utopia described in this poem looks an awful lot like anarcho-primitivist civilization-suicide and are thoroughly creeped out.
We’ll make great pets? No, thanks. Enjoy your reservation. The rest of us will be busy getting on with things.