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disquiet

@andybaio Indeed. I've been assuming it's a reference to the movie of that name starring Bradley Cooper, based on a book by Alan Glynn, that's about artificially increased mental capacity as a superpower.

15 April at 18:46 | Wall-to-wall | Open on post.lurk.org
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Andy Baio

@disquiet Yeah, they mention that as a parenthetical in the second paragraph. "Oh, and in case you’re wondering: yes, it’s very much a reference to the movie."

15 April at 18:47 | Open on xoxo.zone
disquiet
disquiet

@andybaio What's especially funny is I vaguely recall the movie as a quasi-cautionary tale about unintended consequences.

15 April at 18:57 | Open on post.lurk.org
Keith Ivey

@disquiet @andybaio So the brand is much like Soylent and Palantir.

15 April at 19:02 | Open on mastodon.social
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Antonio Patriarca

@disquiet @kcivey @andybaio I am starting to think we should stop producing dystopian/cautionary tales as there will always be some tech CEO thinking it is their utopian dream.

16 April at 10:29 | Open on mathstodon.xyz
Jargoggles

@kcivey @disquiet @andybaio
"Palantir" is very different in that, instead of either banking on or simply having media illiteracy, Peter Thiel fully understands the evil implications of the reference and is embracing it.

15 April at 20:07 | Open on kolektiva.social
Saxnot

@jargoggles @kcivey @disquiet @andybaio plus it sounds arguably cool.

Doesn't one need a license for that or something or can just everybody create a tv show "Gandalf and the Rivendell adventure"?

15 April at 23:08 | Open on chaos.social
Abi

@disquiet

tech bros can't help but make the torment nexus

@andybaio

15 April at 19:07 | Open on eightpoint.app
Flaming Cheeto

@andybaio @disquiet yet it's moving us towards the alibi archive of Robert J Sawyer 's Neanderthal parallax

16 April at 0:11 | Open on mastodon.online
tom jennings

@disquiet @andybaio

Possibly a propos, the TV show LIMITLESS is about a self-centered cis young tv-handsome do nothing white guy talking over women and always getting his way even though he's an incompetent fuckwit.

16 April at 5:57 | Open on tldr.nettime.org
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