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The specialization of production induces specialization of consumption. Patrons of the entertainment industry, for example, entertain themselves less and less and have become more and more passively dependent on commercial suppliers. This is certainly true also of patrons of the food industry, who have tended more and more to be mere consumers – passive, uncritical, and dependent. Indeed, this sort of consumption may be said to be one of the chief goals of industrial production.
The World-Ending Fire
Wendell Berry
Of all the waiting terrors, the one he fears most is time.
The Overstory
Richard Powers
The AI didn't merely store or reflect Chail's beliefs; it actively confirmed and took part in his reality. Sarai's personal, affirmatory, and attentive responses may have contributed to Chail's delusions feeling externally validated and therefore more real.
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