do you think there was time for a lil anarchy during those 6000 years?
Final Pam Voice: ANGEL HUSBAND
Beyond the Amazon Echo assistant in your kitchen or the disembodied apps that glow on your iPhone screen are a hidden army of “ghost workers” who intervene when algorithms trip up. This invisible labour force administers complicated takeaway orders, moderates explicit Facebook content and verifies your Uber driver’s picture when an algorithm fails to recognise their new haircut.
Who does this kind of work? People in the US, India and elsewhere, working from their bedroom or kitchen counter, connected to the internet and often earning less than the minimum wage. Ghost workers are pivotal to digital capitalism: the Pew Research Center estimates they number 20 million people.
the ‘automated’ future of capitalism is one of half alive computers and half dead people
I’m glad this article exists because so many people assume technology today is way more advanced than it actually is, which leads to this whole idea of an easy transition from work to automation.
Absolute shenanigans
this is the best video on this whole website
*walks up to a straight couple* so which of you is the sentimentality-plagued reptile and which is the adorable british baby man
“It might be technically inaccurate to call the pair a “gay couple” in the traditional sense of the phrase, as it’s not explicit in the text and we don’t know how Good Omens’ otherworldly beings identify in terms of their gender or sexuality. But when you look at the queerness of how Aziraphale and Crowley are presented in Good Omens—two very confirmed bachelors of a certain age who are happiest when they’re together—it’s difficult not to see them as a picture of what spending a lifetime with one’s soulmate might be like.”
endless list of favorite video games
Portal 2
“We both said a lot of things that you’re going to regret. But I think we can put our differences behind us. For science. You monster.” (x)
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