I went ahead and read this after seeing the headline shared as a screenshot a few times. Did not disappoint, end-of-days stuff wrapped in New Yorker veneer. Brainstorming new ways to foreclose human life while eating vegan sushi in SF.
It's epic tho, and I did appreciate the framing of markets as time-worming wealth devices: "Corporations are allowed to worm their wealth forward and backward in time by selling shares"
@fullstackthaumaturge to be fair there are a few references to earlier versions of the idea, and I leaned some things, but yea they totally echo the hype and cultish vibes
⚠️ grim reading - The future is cancelled
Looking forward to this take-down of the article on This Machine Kills
🎧 ep.181. Two Bodies, One Brain, No Idea
https://soundcloud.com/thismachinekillspod/181-two-bodies-one-brain-no-idea