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You might think that it's really dumb to be using fancy computer technology to solve regular-ass problems. Well, the board members and amphetamine-laced stock speculators think it's really dumb to be not giving them a ton of money. Maybe both of you are right.
Last week, my city announced that they were going to use drones to figure out when traffic is backed up. Those drones will be launched by a person, who will have to drive to the traffic jam and fly the drone out of their car. It is only through the magic of the drone that it is possible to identify the heretofore mysterious state of "there's a lot of fucking cars here."
This development was heralded as forward-looking innovation, unlike traditional municipal responsibilities such as "building a train." That's old technology, from the age of coal and steam. Shooting buzzing AliExpress drones at angry people trying to get home from work? Visionary shit.
Now that we live in an incomprehensible hell made up entirely of interlocking micro-hells, a lot of folks just like you are looking around and going: who do we blame for this? Politicians have their ideas, sure. It's mostly "not our donors," which is understandable, because nobody wants to point the fingers at the guys they spend all weekend with on the golf course as being the harbingers of a mechanized apocalypse.
Personally, I'm looking even forward-er than that. Did you know there is actually no law in my city against using one of those electrified flyswatters to knock down the traffic drones? All you need is to tape one on the end of a couple broomsticks and you can knock one of those things right into the bed of your truck, stunned, with just a little practice. Once you sell what's left of them on eBay to foreign dictators or regular perverts, you can afford a gently used Xbox. Hey, maybe technology was the answer after all.
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Breakfast Should Refresh You
Lunch Should Encourage You
Dinner Should Challenge You
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