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by Lammy 148 days ago
Corporations exist to support the lives of humans, not the other way around.
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GolfPopper 148 days ago
From the corporations' point of view, humans are computing substrate.

Relevant speech by SF author Charlie Stross, from the 34th Chaos Communication Congress in Leipzig, December 2017: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2018/01/dude-yo...

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nebula8804 148 days ago
Wow 34c3, what a blast from the past! I still don't fully understand what "tuwat" meant ha ha. The best I could come up with was "Do something. Don't ask for permission".
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charcircuit 148 days ago
They exist to provide value to other entities. There is no requirement for supporting humans or even having employees.
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SoftTalker 148 days ago
They exist to do things that individuals could not do.
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mikert89 148 days ago
they should give some younger people a shot to move into these management positions.
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hdgvhicv 148 days ago
Maybe those young people should form their own company
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rvz 148 days ago
This is the correct answer in 2026.
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