Yep cyberpunk still perpetuates the idea that corporations are highly competent and innovators, which just doesn’t seem to be true in our current reality. The MBA/financial people have taken over and people that actually want to make cool stuff are no longer in control
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beliquititious@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
I don’t get everyone’s obsession with cybernetic implants. If I needed a replacement, sure. But could you imagine today’s enshittified corporate structure making a cyberlimb? 100% a massive up front purchase and a hefty subscription, especially if it’s not a functional replacement.
Personally I want a functional metaverse. Full dive computing.
greenskye@lemm.ee 1 month ago
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 month ago
But the excel spreadsheet says we saved .35 cents!
aesthelete@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I had lunch with a co-worker that spoke with a stupid grin about shaving a couple of cents off of their production units in the manufacturing process.
I can’t believe there are people alive that are proud of this kind of stuff. He didn’t even have a stock compensated position, work in manufacturing, or anything. He was just a capitalist creep that loved the very concept of being a cheap dumpster fire.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 month ago
Its to the point they have cut the corners so much that the table is round and now they are eyeing up the legs. “Surely we don’t need all those legs, right?”
Donebrach@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Gee, almost like that’s a key facet of mys cyberpunk stories…