Thing is, technology just… is, neither bad nor good. The principles behind every single technological breakthrough have always existed, we just figure out how they work.

Like a knife, science is a tool. The ones who misuse the tool (i.e. us) are to blame for the damage done, not the tool itself.

Sorry to be THAT guy, but… Well, Technically™, this idea has been analysed for, I dare say, centuries at this point.

Edit: and in many (not all, but very, very many) scenarios, it ends up being a profoundly shitty idea.

Not against actual medical use, but unless absolutely needed, it should be a “fuck no.” Imho.

Edit 2/unprompted musings: I think we, as a species, are simply too immature for such technologies. We’re still at the “age” where the first thing we’ll do with it would be to figure out how to best weaponise it.

Because there are ways in which this might actually help if we place some heavy-duty limits and restrictions on the tech itself - I’m thinking about how much it might facilitate comprehension in a scenario where one could transmit the unmolested concept directly, instead of butchering it through language first. But that’s still such a hhhhyooooj responsibility, that I simply don’t think we could handle as we are now collectively.

I don’t get it, does Microsoft WANT everyone to stop using their products? First they fuck up their OSes, then they start planting shady shit in their OSes, and now it’s down to every single goddamned piece of software they poop out! What in the fuck are they even doing!

Can’t they all just go back to focusing on rockets and Mars colonies and such? Would be nice if they fucked off into space and left the rest of us to do not-so-stupid shit…

This. Pretty much most well-known examples (and I’d even risk going so far as to say all examples ever) of “Communism” have either been Capitalist offshoots, or Totalitarian/Authoritatrian hellscapes dressed up as Communism. There has been no actual attempt at textbook Communism/Socialism so far, from what I know.

So the answer is: “no, because we haven’t even tried it as a species.”

This reads like Crypto shilling packaged in presenting valid concerns in a pseudo-relevant way…

Edit: also presupposes that Money™ is the only way to make the world work. The real issue, as with most things in our world nowadays, is Capitalism.

Yep, it’s always about profit and control with these assholes, never about what’s right or wrong. And even the religious pretext is just utter bullshit from where they’re standing, using it to make the pill easier to swallow for the brainwashed masses, nothing more…

These people don’t give a fuck about any sort of god or code, they just want more money and more power. That’s all there is to it.

Good point, I do feel my brain liquefying and gushing out through my friggin’ ears when seeing what we’re doing to ourselves…

Or, y’know… they could do some actual parenting and talk to their kids about this. Kids aren’t morons, they’re just inexperienced. They are actually capable of understanding, like, words and stuff as long as one offers enough context for them… Actually teach the kids to use the internet, help them develop some insights.

And if anyone’s panicked about the immoral stuff going on in the porn industry (and there are plenty of things to be addressed and critiqued about a hystorically predatory domain), then address those directly! Friggin’ nurture their critical thinking and empathy! Locking them up in the fucking basement isn’t gonna Protect Them From Evil™, it just ensures they’ll be maladapted and sociopathic once they manage to escape from fucking prison! (no pun intended)

Edit: I will say this forever and ever - it is the parents’ duty to adapt to the world in which their kids have to live, not to force their kids to adapt to a world their parents wish would apply!

Why not just gouge out their eyeballs, it’s the only way to make sure!

Oh, what’s that, it’s not actually about the porn, it’s about getting everyone to self-submit personal info to your shitty databases? Ooh, ok, gotcha!

Edit: sorry about the non-sequitur, I’m losing my fucking mind…

Well, philosophical and epistemological suicide for now, but snowball it for a couple of decades and we may just reach the practical side, too…

Edit: or, hell, maybe not even decades given the increase in energy consumption with every iteration…

Mmmhm… just as I’ve been conducting an inquiry into the benefits of quitting smoking for over a decade now…