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on Monday August 20 2018, @05:16AM
from the How-I-Learned-to-Stop-Worrying-and-Love-the-(spoiler) dept.
from the How-I-Learned-to-Stop-Worrying-and-Love-the-(spoiler) dept.
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) by RantyRantington on Monday August 20 2018, @07:40PM
I find it strange that a story warning of the dangers of fake news while including the fake news of "Jordan Peterson is beloved by authoritarian Nazis" when the far right calls Peterson a "cuck" because he is anti-authoritarian, anti-identity politics, and anti-antisemitism.
I guess it's only fake news when the people you don't like do it.