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SF From Technology Review - What Happens When Fake News is Everywhere?

posted by martyb on Monday August 20 2018, @05:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the How-I-Learned-to-Stop-Worrying-and-Love-the-(spoiler) dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

In recent issues, Technology Review has been running some science fiction short stories. I found "Noon in the antilibrary" to be timely, taking the concept of fake news to a logical extreme, https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611829/noon-in-the-antilibrary/
It starts out with some action,

Marius cursed and jammed a mic stand between the crash bars of the TV studio door. "If SWAT's on its way, we don't have much time," he said.
"I don't understand." Michaela, who up until a couple of minutes ago had been streaming their interview live, still sat on one of the oval chairs under the hot lights. "What are they talking about?"

The subtitle (referenced in the Dept. line) could be:

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the IoT.

It's a quick read, perhaps 5000 words.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 20 2018, @04:15PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 20 2018, @04:15PM (#723810)

    Trump Derangement Syndrome

    You just couldn't resist working that alt-right talking point in to your rant, could you?

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday August 20 2018, @04:37PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday August 20 2018, @04:37PM (#723814) Journal

    I don't hear TDS from the "right". I hear it from my Libertarian talk show friends. What's to resist? The Libertarians don't like Trump, they don't like Republicans, they don't like Democrats, and they certainly didn't like Hillary. From their perspective, both sides have their heads up their asses. From my perspective, I've got to agree.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 21 2018, @06:39AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 21 2018, @06:39AM (#724067)

      I don't hear TDS from the "right". I hear it from my Libertarian talk show friends.

      Again, Runaway, this is because you are stupid. Stupid, and you have Libertarian friends, which kind of doubles down on the stupid, because any one of them would stab you in the back for a personal advantage where it not for the violently imposed monopoly of force that is your local constabulary. Your head is up your own ass, Runaway, so far away from light and truth that your solar panels cannot recharge the battery of your humanism. We give up on you.

      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday August 21 2018, @02:58PM

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 21 2018, @02:58PM (#724191) Journal

        You give up on me? Great. No more vapid nattering to annoy me. It's been real, and it's been fun, but it ain't been real fun. Buh-bye.