Rich dipshit wants to hypothetical thing with something that doesn't exist. What the fuck is this article?
this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2023
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If it’s completely voluntary, and is taken up by a few hundred Musk superfans with dreams of being a new Martian aristocracy or something, that’s basically a billionaire deathsub situation: a little tragic, a little hilarious but ultimately having little impact. The problem is if the candidates aren’t self-selecting muskies but economically coerced precarious workers, having to choose between this and struggling to keep their heads above water.
Mad Science Needs Zombies
Stephen King could probably do a good treatment of the concept. Or AI Michael Crichton.
We've already seen stories of people with medical brain implants having them repossessed because the company killed the project. Why anyone would trust a for-profit corporation with this type of thing is beyond me.
I dunno. Sometimes I feel like I could really do with rate limiting my brain.
Whenever someone brings up a topic like this, I'm always reminded of a book I read as a kid. M.T. Anderson's Feed