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by jart 694 days ago
Society is a great big machine that gives people the opportunity to be a part of building something greater than themselves. The pharaohs for instance would not have been able to build the pyramids without society supporting them and the roles of those workers were immortalized in every stone that was laid. The way the world works hasn't really changed since then. The tech industry is building a new kind of pyramids and that wouldn't be possible if it weren't for all the people looking at ads, which works best when you know what things people want to buy. The digital trail they leave behind will also grant them a kind of immortality like no generation before. Wouldn't you say that's a great system? It's much better than breaking your back in the desert.
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Not sure where you got the impression that I was antisocial