overview for despotic

A trailer based on Aaron Sorkin's proposal for a spiritual sequel to "The Social Network" - focusing on the 'dark side' of Facebook. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This movie is pretty well made:

Stare Into the Lights My Pretties

A documentary about the world of screens we are immersed in. How did we get here? Who benefits? What are the cumulative impacts on people, society and the environment? What may come next and is it what we want?

Can we please get rid of the "Media Bias Fact Check" bot? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

I agree. It has a very US centric Overton window which skews right IMO.

TIL the term "Mad as a Hatter" likely came from hat makers using mercury and the resulting mercury poisoning. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There is an excellent podcast story that is both relevant and very entertaining called S-Town.

despotic_machine