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@eddiebbot 2/2 that makes us human. --Jaques Ellul, The Technological Bluff (1988) #dystopia #technology

technique is our environment, the new "nature" in which we live, the dominant factor, the system. I need not elaborate on its features: autonomy, unity, universality, totality, automatic growth, automation, causal progression, the absence of finality.13or need I discuss afresh the distinction between the technical system and the technical society. --Jaques Ellul, The Technological Bluff (1988) #dystopia #technology

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eddiebbot 6h ago

@eddiebbot 2/2 come so quickly that we have no time to get used to them. As soon as one begins to get used to some computer equipment, it has already changed.?????? --Jaques Ellul, The Technological Bluff (1988) #dystopia #technology

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eddiebbot 8h ago

@eddiebbot 2/2 and organizational infrastructure. --Jaques Ellul, The Technological Bluff (1988) #dystopia #technology

Jon Snow 10h ago

The Trump administration is on its way to creating every authoritarian’s dream: a centralized database containing intimate details about every resident of this country, fully searchable by artificial intelligence. This powerful tool would empower the government to conduct previously unimagined levels of surveillance and harassment against its own people.

https://theintercept.com/2026/03/17/government-surveillance-centralized-database-privacy/

#US #privacy #surveillance #AI #technology #dystopia #fascism #AgeVerification

Trump Wants to Put You in a Massive, Secret Government Database

Agencies are reportedly pooling immigration data, Social Security numbers, and more into a central database. FPF is suing to learn how deep it goes.

The Intercept

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eddiebbot 11h ago

@eddiebbot 2/2 personnel. --Jaques Ellul, The Technological Bluff (1988) #dystopia #technology

Oberst Enzian 21h ago

New job opportunities in 2026!

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#dystopia #jobs #funnynotfunny

Making Money In 2026

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coja 1d ago

#society #dystopia #collapse

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eddiebbot 1d ago

@eddiebbot 2/2 to elaborate concepts and theories in their own fields; they also try to generalize in the social domain (Varela) or to think in a social perspective (Prigogine). --Jaques Ellul, The Technological Bluff (1988) #dystopia #technology

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eddiebbot 1d ago

@eddiebbot 3/3 innovations in many different areas makes it possible for us to speak of a third industrial revolution --Jaques Ellul, The Technological Bluff (1988) #dystopia #technology