▲ 130 ▼ Lucid dream startup says engineers can write code in their sleep. Work may never be the same (fortune.com) submitted 2 years ago by yesman@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world 45 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 97 points 2 years ago (4 children) Oh great, now they expect us to work in our sleep. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] dmention7@lemm.ee 39 points 2 years ago (4 children) I dunno, being able to get my 8 hours of work in AND get a full nights' sleep at the same time, leaving 16 hours for leisure sounds awesome to me! At least that's how I'm choosing to believe this will play out, for the sake of my sanity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] tim-clark@kbin.social 28 points 2 years ago You mean 8hrs of sleep work and 8hrs of awake work. Paid only for the awake work permalink fedilink source parent [–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Do you think you'll feel rested if you were dreamworking on TPS reports all night? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dmention7@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) I mean, I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't give it a try, assuming it replaced 8 hours of awake work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ech@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago Sleep is one of the few respites from the drudgery and harshness of this world. In the offchance it can actually be hijacked for more labor, do not let it be stolen. permalink fedilink source parent [–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Oh I'm right there with you, if I can get paid to sleep work, and not have to work while awake, and be rested when I wake up after my shift, I'd be all for it. But that just sounds way too good to be true. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jaded@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago I'd rather work 8 hours awake and have the lucid dreaming just add to my leisure time tbh. Seems a waste to unlock the dreamworld just to be office drones in it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] habanhero@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago What kind of work lets you get away with zero social communication and interaction for the entirety of 8 hours a day? Even in the "coding" example, there is a fair bit of collaboration in software development. Even assuming this kind of job exists, your corporate overlords will push for mandatory 8hr day work + 8hr sleep work and only pay you 4 hours for it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gork@lemm.ee 37 points 2 years ago Quiet, peasant, and get to dreamwork. Shareholder value isn't going to increase on its own. permalink fedilink source parent [–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (2 children) Originally in The Matrix people were the CPU/GPU in the robots system, not the batteries. But WB didn't think anyone knew what those were in 1999 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Taking advantage of the unique aspects of organic processing would have made way more sense than our convoluted and comparatively inefficient, especially in context, power output. Also closes the loop, at least somewhat, on "why didn't they make people vegetables." permalink fedilink source parent [–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Oh god, that sounds so much better than the battery idea. But yeah I could totally see regular audiences not being able to understand that. Morpheus really succinctly summed up his argument when he just pulled out a AA battery in that scene. Such a good movie moment. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago If any coworkers appear in my dreams, I'll personally see to it that shit gets real weird. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 39 points 2 years ago (4 children) I dunno, being able to get my 8 hours of work in AND get a full nights' sleep at the same time, leaving 16 hours for leisure sounds awesome to me! At least that's how I'm choosing to believe this will play out, for the sake of my sanity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] tim-clark@kbin.social 28 points 2 years ago You mean 8hrs of sleep work and 8hrs of awake work. Paid only for the awake work permalink fedilink source parent [–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Do you think you'll feel rested if you were dreamworking on TPS reports all night? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dmention7@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) I mean, I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't give it a try, assuming it replaced 8 hours of awake work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ech@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago Sleep is one of the few respites from the drudgery and harshness of this world. In the offchance it can actually be hijacked for more labor, do not let it be stolen. permalink fedilink source parent [–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Oh I'm right there with you, if I can get paid to sleep work, and not have to work while awake, and be rested when I wake up after my shift, I'd be all for it. But that just sounds way too good to be true. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jaded@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago I'd rather work 8 hours awake and have the lucid dreaming just add to my leisure time tbh. Seems a waste to unlock the dreamworld just to be office drones in it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] habanhero@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago What kind of work lets you get away with zero social communication and interaction for the entirety of 8 hours a day? Even in the "coding" example, there is a fair bit of collaboration in software development. Even assuming this kind of job exists, your corporate overlords will push for mandatory 8hr day work + 8hr sleep work and only pay you 4 hours for it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tim-clark@kbin.social 28 points 2 years ago You mean 8hrs of sleep work and 8hrs of awake work. Paid only for the awake work permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Do you think you'll feel rested if you were dreamworking on TPS reports all night? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dmention7@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) I mean, I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't give it a try, assuming it replaced 8 hours of awake work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ech@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago Sleep is one of the few respites from the drudgery and harshness of this world. In the offchance it can actually be hijacked for more labor, do not let it be stolen. permalink fedilink source parent [–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Oh I'm right there with you, if I can get paid to sleep work, and not have to work while awake, and be rested when I wake up after my shift, I'd be all for it. But that just sounds way too good to be true. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) I mean, I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't give it a try, assuming it replaced 8 hours of awake work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ech@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago Sleep is one of the few respites from the drudgery and harshness of this world. In the offchance it can actually be hijacked for more labor, do not let it be stolen. permalink fedilink source parent [–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Oh I'm right there with you, if I can get paid to sleep work, and not have to work while awake, and be rested when I wake up after my shift, I'd be all for it. But that just sounds way too good to be true. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ech@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago Sleep is one of the few respites from the drudgery and harshness of this world. In the offchance it can actually be hijacked for more labor, do not let it be stolen. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Oh I'm right there with you, if I can get paid to sleep work, and not have to work while awake, and be rested when I wake up after my shift, I'd be all for it. But that just sounds way too good to be true. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jaded@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago I'd rather work 8 hours awake and have the lucid dreaming just add to my leisure time tbh. Seems a waste to unlock the dreamworld just to be office drones in it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] habanhero@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago What kind of work lets you get away with zero social communication and interaction for the entirety of 8 hours a day? Even in the "coding" example, there is a fair bit of collaboration in software development. Even assuming this kind of job exists, your corporate overlords will push for mandatory 8hr day work + 8hr sleep work and only pay you 4 hours for it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gork@lemm.ee 37 points 2 years ago Quiet, peasant, and get to dreamwork. Shareholder value isn't going to increase on its own. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (2 children) Originally in The Matrix people were the CPU/GPU in the robots system, not the batteries. But WB didn't think anyone knew what those were in 1999 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Taking advantage of the unique aspects of organic processing would have made way more sense than our convoluted and comparatively inefficient, especially in context, power output. Also closes the loop, at least somewhat, on "why didn't they make people vegetables." permalink fedilink source parent [–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Oh god, that sounds so much better than the battery idea. But yeah I could totally see regular audiences not being able to understand that. Morpheus really succinctly summed up his argument when he just pulled out a AA battery in that scene. Such a good movie moment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Taking advantage of the unique aspects of organic processing would have made way more sense than our convoluted and comparatively inefficient, especially in context, power output. Also closes the loop, at least somewhat, on "why didn't they make people vegetables." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Oh god, that sounds so much better than the battery idea. But yeah I could totally see regular audiences not being able to understand that. Morpheus really succinctly summed up his argument when he just pulled out a AA battery in that scene. Such a good movie moment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago If any coworkers appear in my dreams, I'll personally see to it that shit gets real weird. permalink fedilink source parent