Broken Promises of the Future

[mousepod]

I know that €uro's OP was referring to the cool 50's and early 60's vision of the future, with rayguns and flying cars and all, but my early sci-fi experience was with the dystopian ideas of Logan's Run, Silent Running and J.G. Ballard. So while I'm sad that space flight isn't like jumping on a plane like in 2001:ASO, I'm also glad that I made it past 30 and the only Carousel I've been to is in a Disney Park...

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by mousepod

I know that €uro's OP was referring to the cool 50's and early 60's vision of the future, with rayguns and flying cars and all, but my early sci-fi experience was with the dystopian ideas of Logan's Run, Silent Running and J.G. Ballard. So while I'm sad that space flight isn't like jumping on a plane like in 2001:ASO, I'm also glad that I made it past 30 and the only Carousel I've been to is in a Disney Park...

Nah, I'm looking at all the fears and promises - 1984 passed and there's no Big Brother watching my every move (Now it's just my employer )

[Name]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

1984 passed and there's no Big Brother watching my every move

Are you sure?(and I don't mean your employer)

Where is the tin foil hat smiley?

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Nah, I'm looking at all the fears and promises - 1984 passed and there's no Big Brother watching my every move (Now it's just my employer )

So you wait until I'm gone to have a perfectly splendid tinfoil hat thread?! Hrmph! I feel welling inside me a manifesto presenting Corporate America *as* Big Brother. Must be the week spent around my dad.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Prudence

So you wait until I'm gone to have a perfectly splendid tinfoil hat thread?! Hrmph! I feel welling inside me a manifesto presenting Corporate America *as* Big Brother. Must be the week spent around my dad.

Considering my recent work experience, I think your manifesto would be well recieved - if not blocked...

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Considering my recent work experience, I think your manifesto would be well recieved - if not blocked...

Sing along boys and girls -- you know the words! Rise of corporate entity to "person" status...legally, economically, and politically sanctioned supremacy of corporate "people" over flesh and blood people...shift to service economy and away from skilled labor...shift away from employer/employee loyalty...perception that employees are interchangeable and disposable...fracture between concepts of "job" and "career"...proliferation of employee conduct codes that go beyond the workplace, plus methods for monitoring that conduct within and outside the workplace...

That's the condensed version.