Filed under: flow of information, future
Seen via JWZ: this story, called "Raj, Bohemian".
"Is someone paying you to say that stuff?"
She giggled. "Sorry, babe, it just pops out sometimes. I didn’t mean to pitch you. I’m supposed only to do it to my girlfriends."
"What?"
"Ignore me. You know how hard it is to keep track of one’s placements."
"Placements?"
"Placements. Why are you making that face? You’re looking at me like I’m some kind of freak."
"You have a lot of — placements?"
"Oh, don’t get on your high horse. You don’t work, either. What do you do for cash? If a girl doesn’t want a straight job, she has to monetize her social network."
This sounds a little reminiscent of a piece that aired once on Wemmick’s Temporary Sanity (beware: aggressive ads that got spidered by archive.org; you’re gonna need to stop your browser from completely loading the page).
After kissing the wife and kids, I headed off to work. Ninety percent of the population now shares my job, but I can proudly say I was one of the first viewers. Viewers are people who are paid to watch enormous video walls that run commercials all day long. We are allowed to eat, work out, and even play games while we watch, but we must pass a comprehension test before we are allowed to leave at the end of the day.
Is this a real problem as we move into the post-scarcity economy? I’m not sure.
