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Re:Net Neutrality Day of Action: Help Preserve the Open Inte... by komali2 on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @06:22PM (#14757191)
>we (in the US) gave AI/meta-cognative-entities/"corporations" a type of inalienable right with the Citizens United ruling

Holy shit I hadn't even considered this, this is awesome. New story idea.

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Re:Net Neutrality Day of Action: Help Preserve the Open Inte... by mr_spothawk on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @06:39PM (#14757289)
In describing "Metacognates" to friends I often use the example of FedEx as a weird type of animal which eats gasoline and shits boxes on doorsteps.
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Re:Net Neutrality Day of Action: Help Preserve the Open Inte... by lsseckman on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @10:25PM (#14758308)
I like this, I'm using it.

I'll contribute that this is a good way to explain to someone why corporations inherently care about their employees only to the extent of their usefulness.

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