Dune, 1965
August 02, 2025 - 08:31 UTC
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Is it ironic that the quote was displayed on an e-book reader device and not a page from a book?
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In the history of SF I can think of only 1 example of useful, functioning AI- 'Buck Rogers in the 25th Cen'.
Huer says after the nuclear war, governing was given over to the blinky AI Council for reliable leadership. Even then Dr Theo was an iconoclast.
Huer says after the nuclear war, governing was given over to the blinky AI Council for reliable leadership. Even then Dr Theo was an iconoclast.
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In before anyone says "but but but the Fremen use machines technically" it's an analogy for the means of production.
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Guarantee 99% of Tech Bros have read Dune. I kinda feel like the Gen X tech bros grew up in the 80 ‘s where nerd was the most hazed and laughed at. They want their own world where people respect the Nerd and they are indifferent towards other’s suffering. Plus a lot of them are racist af.
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I just love when historical texts have considered things, figured out the most probable outcomes, and suggest a solution or at least offer a warning, and then people ignore it wholesale.
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Of course the context a lot of people seem to miss somehow is that the butlerian jihad and thousands of years of stellar imperialism that followed also weren't great, nor inseparable from their return to neofeudal modes due to "available labor".
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"Every man in his place; and a place for every man."
It's one of those things that is immediately suspicious when you think 5 minutes about it, but sounds good when you're just coming out of something that was arguably worse.
It's one of those things that is immediately suspicious when you think 5 minutes about it, but sounds good when you're just coming out of something that was arguably worse.
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But the Imperialism in Dune wasn't just a consequence of Butlerian Jihad. There were more things happening in human society aside from that. The context is much wider than "Butlerian Jihad: yes or not".
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The Butlerian Jihad had to rely on religious fanaticism to rally the support to wipe out the thinking machines empire once and for all.
The downside is also the religious fanaticism that resulted from it, which usually gets way out of hand. I recall there being mobs trashing all sorts of machines.
The downside is also the religious fanaticism that resulted from it, which usually gets way out of hand. I recall there being mobs trashing all sorts of machines.
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I love this because she’s right, but she’s still an asshole. Machines couldn’t be controlled (derogatory). The Kwisatz Haderach won’t be either (laudatory).
Human Leaders, to the BG, have self-control, but can be controlled. They make the wrong assumption about Paul, and the galaxy pays the price.
Human Leaders, to the BG, have self-control, but can be controlled. They make the wrong assumption about Paul, and the galaxy pays the price.
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I'm just gonna assume that the fact this was shared on an Amazon Kindle is purely coincidental.
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"In the end, after several months of work, he had persuaded something like seventy per cent of the writers on his list to sign the contract. He found that the older ones, those who were running out of ideas and had taken to drink, were the easiest to handle. The younger people were more troublesome.
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