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Re:Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm by ryandrake on Friday October 29, 2021 @12:15PM (#29040262)
Yea, it seems every year we are moving closer and closer to some dark mixture of Manna, Fifteen Million Merits [1] and Elysium [2], where regular people no longer serve any purpose, and are simply warehoused somewhere to keep them out of the hair of the few rich elite.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen_Million_Merits

2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysium_(film)

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Re:Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm by r00fus on Friday October 29, 2021 @01:51PM (#29041505)
I don't see automated everything becoming possible in our lifetimes, instead I see dystopian societal collapse due to climate shifts being much more likely.
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