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[+] 92 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (17 children)
  • [–] 50 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It doesn't even have to be so combative.

    Imagine being thrown together with 99 other survivors of the apocalypse and 1 of them was musk.

    There's going to be medical people and trades people and farmers and naturalists and even people with governance experience from community groups et cetera.

    Imagine how utterly useless a billionaire would be in that context. Their entitlement would make them worse than useless. Like I'd rather be stuck with nanna who is just a drain on resources rather than someone who's only skill is self interest.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    That is such a great book.

    And yeah, fuck them. I would absolutely never let them in.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Now ask yourself why these guys are suddenly so obsessed with AI, chatbots, and getting rid of roles previously staffed by humans.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I hope the virtual doorman hallucinates that they're a radioactive dog or some shit

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Which is just a thousand times fucking funnier to me given that i'm someone with actual technical knowledge who works in the industry as opposed to a kholed nepo baby with parental funds.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Cory Doctorow's Masque of the Red Death novella (named after Poe's story of the same name) explores this theme a lot, especially how short sighted the rich can be and how well the poor band together to rebuild.

    Here's the free audio book:

    https://archive.org/download/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_332/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_332_-_The_Masque_of_the_Red_Death.mp3

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  • [+] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Didn't read the book but I get the scenario after a hypothetical world changing disaster, it's going to be a ratrace for high ground. It's a false sense of security to believe hoarding cash or guns or vehicle would be your ticket out of it, it's called pride and hubris.

    A motor/car can't swim. Weapons are a sign of hostility. Cash could be useless. Even having access to an escape satellite doesn't guarantee you'll be hit by space trash or cosmic plasma streams. The Road is a example how depressing the aftermath really is.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Being hired as security at a billionaire's Hawaiian apocalypse bunker has got to be the best job imaginable. You get paid to live in a tropical paradise in case The Worst should happen. If The Worst actually does happen, you just go inside the bunker and lock the doors, and if the billionaire shows up, you don't let him in. Easy peasy.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    people like musk, thiel,altman have built complexes in other countries( mostly thiel,NZ) in case billionaires finally becomes the target they richly deserved, how are they going to staff thier complexes? with harems of women in cas thiel men, and slaves, willing to go with them.

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