#maycroposting

So... why did tech got ambivalent and dystopian?

My take is that it's because in the 90's and 2000's digital technology as stil focused on middle class and upper-mid consumers. It was about making an actual product: a camera, a music player, a virtual space on the internet. a real thing with value that people would use, eve if it was just to entertain themselves.

That started to change in the 2010's, with the data markets and algorithms. That's when it all became detached from a personal consumer and it became about catering to companies: data collection tools, automation of the workforce. All these are things we as people have no use for but corpos and companies do. The newest tech like LLMS, video generators, biometric scans are all not made for us, they are only sold to us as a sort of collateral to get some extra cash.

But for the life of me WHAT WAS GOING ON WITHT HE GUY IN THE BACKROUND??? He was whining and gagging like he was trying to vomit a xenomorph. The call lasted like 15 min. and all the time he didn't stop.

You see, the problem with with spiderman comics not letting Spiderman progress beyond his 30's is that society doesn't have any self-actualization for cishet men beyond having a family. Once a man traditionally gets a wife, marries and has children the rest of the plan for him is to continue working to provide for his children.

patriarchy and heternormativity do not compell men to get involved with his chidren, community or keep the light of passion with their spouse. So there are no more big milestones that Peter Parker could tackle after baing married with children and figuring out paternity.

It was a mining town founded in the 1600s that just grew because they were getting so much silver it could bank everything. there was never a need to develop any other industry. But by the late 19th century mining was decaying and the state had to turn to other things like agriculture and tourism. The federal government banks the state, it actually loses money on here.