Yes, Peter Thiel was the senator’s benefactor. But they’re both inspired by an obscure software developer who has some truly frightening thoughts about reordering society.
Pretty much “Science fiction warns us of the evils of building the Torment Nexus. Let’s tell people why a Torment Nexus is really great and build one!”
That’s a real thing that someone said?
Apparently. It’s also roughly the plot to The Matrix. And to Halo4, to an extent. And that episode of Black Mirror
Pretty much “Science fiction warns us of the evils of building the Torment Nexus. Let’s tell people why a Torment Nexus is really great and build one!”
The only possible positive use for the torment nexus is to put torment nexus supporters in it.
How about we just outlaw and not build orphan crushing machines?
They wrote a book saying that, yes.