Frunks and fakes
A couple of small and wildly unrelated data points seen today.

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1. Along with the thousands of serious and deadly defects in Tesla cars, one owner is complaining that the frunk allowed a few inches of snow to fall into the body when he opened it. This is NOT a defect in the car. Most hoods and trunks will drop snow into the opening if you DON'T SCOOP THE FUCKING SNOW OFF before opening the lid. This driver is accustomed to letting the car do everything for him, and no longer pays attention to basic physics. The myth of autonomous cars has already deanimated drivers while driving; now they're deanimated while loading shit into the car.

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2. Norway's ECOLOGICAL POLICE is suing a streaming service for "faking" something or other. In fact the streaming service is just using its own numbers to pay higher royalties to the musicians it wants to keep.

THIS IS PERFECTLY NORMAL in every sort of publishing from books to music to movies. Smart publishers want to bring in the largest possible audience while also pulling new artists upward to replace the current fads when the current fads fade. Variable royalties, like variable interest rates, are a natural and useful feedback mechanism. Smaller artists can sometimes negotiate the rate upward with a little persuasion, which is the traditional job of AGENTS. If a publisher is FORCED to pay the same royalty to big and small artists, it will simply DROP the small artists.

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Both of these items are steps in DEANIMATION. Especially in the tech world, claims of cybersecurity and cyberethics are weaponized to remove ordinary caution and self-defense from invididuals. The worst part is that individuals WILLINGLY strip off their own feedback and defense mechanisms.

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[Polistra wanted to point out that SOME frunks don't have this problem.]

Labels: Deadthink, defensible spaces

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