Helldivers 2's latest in-game campaign sees the defenders of liberty* supervising the construction of yet another massive wall of pine-scented gas in space.
Exactly. They see the surveillance tech and say “well, the people in the book did it wrong. If I did it with my super smart boy brain, it would be great, and I’d make a ton of money doing it!”
The video goes into that. There’s also a book I’ve been eyeing called The Nerd Reich that goes into it more deeply.
Yeah, the antisocial people (aka tech bros) look at those things and don’t go ‘my god how horrible of a world’ they go ‘wow here’s how I’d run it better because I’m so smart and a special boy.’
Exactly. They see the surveillance tech and say “well, the people in the book did it wrong. If I did it with my super smart boy brain, it would be great, and I’d make a ton of money doing it!”
The video goes into that. There’s also a book I’ve been eyeing called The Nerd Reich that goes into it more deeply.
Oh interesting I’ll have a read on that.
Yeah, the antisocial people (aka tech bros) look at those things and don’t go ‘my god how horrible of a world’ they go ‘wow here’s how I’d run it better because I’m so smart and a special boy.’