Dystopia awareness has been generally on the rise the last few years. You can see it in the movies and TV shows we consume. Media personalities are picking up on it too. And of course, the general Gen X – Millenial demographics seem to largely accept the future as dystopian. The abundance of forums and […]
Roundup for August 2018 – March 2019
16 stories from August 2018 to March 2019 that prove cyberpunk dystopia is imminent.
I hope PreShow never takes off
I’ve been procrastinating a lot and delaying a long roundup for late 2018 – early 2019, but the moment I found out about this, I knew it had to be a separate entry. PreShow is a startup that in short, wants you to watch 15-20 minutes of advertisements to earn points that will let you […]
r/UpliftingNews dystopia
Popular posts on the subreddit r/UpliftingNews regularly betray an underlying dystopia.
Round up for April – July 2018
Hello folks! Sorry it’s been so long. All together, these last four months have been one for the history books, even if we don’t know it yet. This post is really long, so here’s a brief highlights list. An AI joining the International Space Station crew Tommy Hilfiger introduces clothes with computer chips E-hallpass that […]
Covering the face in public should be a popular way of countering facial recognition
I’ve been hesitant to write about this for a while. After months of entertaining the idea in my head, I figured I might as well get it out into writing. Not because it’s a brilliant idea (it’s neither brilliant nor original, at all) but because it’s a cool idea. Well, cool might be the wrong […]
Big Data Needs Big Regulations
This is a short policy brief exploring the the problems posed by Big Data companies and potential solutions. I) Executive Summary Big Data companies thrive on the unregulated control and processing of massive amounts of information. This has resulted in several problems, political, economic, and psychological. Politically, Big Data companies have accumulated disproportionate influence within federal […]
Round up for March 2018
16 news stories from March that are proof we are living in a cyberpunk future.
A list of social media’s Frankensteins
A continually updated list of social media engineers, developers, and executives who have expressed regret over the online world they’ve helped build.
Police Surveillance Reduction Strategies
A short policy brief on hi-tech police surveillance in the United States.