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Sadie laughed a bit to herself, thinking this was what it was like to play someone else’s game: to have the illusion of choice, without actual choice.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
As such we can extrapolate from the authoritarianism of fascism to the dominionism found in the quest to create artificial life. As 19th century Americans enacted what they believed to be God’s will in seeking conquest over nature, today’s theocratic fascists aim for mastery of the technological sphere and the creation of life in its purest form. Synthesis of artificial life would be the ultimate expression of man’s authoritarianism.
Emily F. Gorcenski
Norman Packard
So, too, with our online activities, where our relationships and conversations are our modern-day yields, designed to harvest ever more data. As with corn and soy grown in great monocrops, quality and individuality are sacrificed in favor of standardization and homogenization, even when homogenization takes the form of individuals all competing to stand out as quirky and utterly unique.
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