On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 16:33:04 +0000, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> On 2020-09-10, The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
>
>> On 10/09/2020 13:38, Mayayana wrote:
>>
>>> And if they can retrain tech insiders like yourself then I guess
>>> they're doing a good job.:)
>>
>> I beg your pardon? We are not talking about microsoft.
>
> We're talking about Microsoft, we're talking about Apple,
> we're talking about any tech giant that's enslaving the masses.
>
>> Software as a services has always been a better idea from the
>> maintenance viewpoint, and the snoflake generation are too stupid to
>> own anything, so rented access to services is ideal for them.
>
> Although I agree with what you say about the snowflake generation, the
> problem is that the big boys want to make this the only choice. Everyone
> gets the services, everyone gets the surveillance, everyone gets
> frog-marched into their glorious vision of the Future.
>
> It really is time for the new generation to read the classics like
> Nineteen Eighty-Four, Brave New World, etc.

... and for good measure add in William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy
(Neuromancer, Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive) and Neal Stephenson's
"Snowcrash".

These were all written between 1982 and 1992, all predicting portable
computers, mobile phones and the Internet as they now are, though
immersive 3D graphics and tactile interfaces are still lagging well
behind those books, but scammers, remote phishing exploits and system
penetration are pretty much as predicted.


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