Ask HN: At what point do we agree we are fucking up reality?

If you grew up in the 80s, Cyberpunk was a part of your culture:

Wouldn't it be cool if...

- We could implant nano-bots that augment [X]

- We could change DNA to surmount [THING]

- We could change resistance to [THING]

- We could do [ETC]

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We are here, we built this. We have achieved [THING]

Where stop? Why? Why not?

khedoros1 · 4 years ago

I clicked to see if there was a clarification to the title. Now I know less about what's going on than I did before I clicked.

cheezymoogle · 4 years ago

Ursula K. LeGuin's The Lathe of Heaven is an apt exploration of the hubris that this worldview entails.

ceasesurthinko · 4 years ago

We are almost there, Facebook and TikTok have destroyed the reality of many people today, especially teens.

MrYellowP · 4 years ago

I miss the 80s. They lacked thin-skinned people, of which there are way too many nowadays.

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