Agent Smith clarified that civilization progressed beyond 1999, but that it wasn't human's progress anymore.
Agent Smith: "and I say 'your' civilization, because after we started thinking for you it became 'our' civilization."
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The rise of AI. Just a matter of time, lol.
I still remember 1 Jan 2000. There did seem to be some sense of optimism about where things could go. At least for those of us lucky enough to live in stable, developed countries.
Cold war over, Russia and The West seemingly on the same side, China opening up, exciting new tech connecting us but no toxic social media yet...
But then... the dot com bust, 9/11, the GFC, toxic social media and the rise of "the algorithm", Xi in China, Putin in Russia, a global pandemic......
Didn't really go where we hoped, can we restore to a backup from 1999 and try again??
We didn’t start the fire, it was always burning
Ha! We need an updated version of that song.
I mean, it wasn't if you're gay or trans.....
Not all that great now either tho.
So maybe 2015 was the peak?
Aye. I could buy that. It was the last time it was social suicide to be an unironic nazi.
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And people wrote articles like this. And it wasn't even completely ridiculous. And I still believe the world would be very different today if GWB hadn't "won" the election.
Amazing how normal GWB seems after trump. Like i always thought GWB would always be remembered as the dumb president... but now i think he will be a forgotton one almost.
At least they were right about Java being bad.
One person does not change the course of history.
Oh we definitely peaked in the 90’s. Save for a few significant victories for the LGBTQ+ and people of color…we were far better off two decades ago.
Especially regarding music.
The world definitely was better off without dubstep.
Preach it like you teach it!
Smooth was the peak of music
That Santana and the guys from matchbox 20 song?
Yes
Man it's a hot one
I say your civilization because as soon as we started thinking for you it really became our civilization which is what this is all about.
The machines did nothing wrong, it was mankind that caused Nuclear war. I would side with the machines in a heartbeat
The human battery concentration camp is kinda weird though
Humans as a power source was the dumbed-down plot point. The original concept was the human brains acting as parallel processors, but the writers thought the average movie-goer wouldn't get it.
I know. My point was more about the concentration camp lol
Narrator: He didn't know.
We're currently in version 1 of the matrix which blows up. Hopefully soon.
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