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Hell, it took me hours to straighten out my update to iOS 13 because my backup had trouble restoring... not the first time that’s happened either! Can’t remember the last workday (programmer) where I got through the whole thing without encountering bugs in my tools, bugs in my bank’s app/website, bugs while trying to text a photo to a friend, and on and on and on.

If I want to hack my consciousness, I’ll go read a book. Naked Lunch was enough of a brain bug, thanks. Or how about Black Mirror?

And once we get past not knowing wtf we’re doing, take a look at how we’ve weaponized every major scientific advance and tell me this would be the exception. Rabble-rousing and voter manipulation on social media will look like arts and crafts hour.



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