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The problem, however, was that this idea of culture went rather too deep. It seemed to suggest that actual social differences — being a woman rather than a man, or a landowner rather than a window cleaner — didn’t really matter. And this was rather more convenient for men and landowners than it was for women and window cleaners. As long as culture brought us together in spirit, we could remain the mutually hostile, vastly unequal people we actually were. Culture seemed to make all the difference, and yet to make no difference at all.
Britain Is Stronger Divided
Terry Eagleton
The something “more intimate than just a feed of all your friends” that Zuckerberg yearns for would presumably be some sort of AI agent that knows all your secrets, is willing to talk to you about nothing but you and your needs, and will act on your behalf when it has calculated what is in your interests (or whatever interests the machine serves),
Two Riders Were Approaching
Rob Horning
When I arrive the next morning, my boss is waiting at my desk. His eyes are on fire. I ask him if he’s done something new with his eyes and he says, “YES, THEY ARE ON FIRE NOW,” and thanks me for noticing.
Terraform
Brian Merchant and Claire L. Evans
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