• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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      This is how every episode of Black Mirror is. Just little interesting “what if” scenarios that make you think. In the same way that fairy tales are contrived and unrealistic these are too.

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          The fact that there’s some discussion going on about it is evidence of that. It’s similar to the “would you press a button for a million dollars but a random person on earth dies” type of question. “Does voting to kill someone mean your responsible for the murder if they’re going to kill someone anyways?”

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      Behavior on social media can definitely have consequences in real life, even violent. Many shooters vere radicalized by social media groups, for example.