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omnipotent power structures. Belt speculates that, in most cases, such societies would develop various forms of | omnipotent power structures. Belt speculates that, in most cases, such societies would develop various forms of | ||
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greater and greater profit margins. These technologies would, in turn, be capable of causing mass human extinction. In | greater and greater profit margins. These technologies would, in turn, be capable of causing mass human extinction. In | ||
Belt's model, the weaker the government, the stronger corporations, and vice versa - one always working in service of | Belt's model, the weaker the government, the stronger corporations, and vice versa- one always working in service of | ||
the other, forming a so-called MegaIndustrial Complex or MIC. Such MIC's are only counterbalanced by "shadow" outlaw | the other, forming a so-called MegaIndustrial Complex or MIC. Such MIC's are only counterbalanced by "shadow" outlaw | ||
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[[octagon-of-dex]] | [[octagon-of-dex|Octagon of Dex]], has become in recent years infamous for its extended milquetoast fretless bass and jazz flute solos. | ||
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Revision as of 03:53, 12 March 2024
SkyNet Syndrome [related:
SKYNET SYNDROME
(television
series)]
A theory developed by Dr. William Tiler Belt based on his "magnet of extinction" concept - the idea that capitalistic
societies are destined to be reliant on processes of
digitization
and thus inextricably
drawn to self destruction via the inevitable merger of governmental and corporate complexes into large conglomerate
omnipotent power structures. Belt speculates that, in most cases, such societies would develop various forms of
AI
and nanotechnology in pursuit of
greater and greater profit margins. These technologies would, in turn, be capable of causing mass human extinction. In
Belt's model, the weaker the government, the stronger corporations, and vice versa- one always working in service of
the other, forming a so-called MegaIndustrial Complex or MIC. Such MIC's are only counterbalanced by "shadow" outlaw
organizations such as hacker networks, drug cartels, and militant civil rights organizations. The end drive of
digitization in a capitalistic system is the development of self-replicating AI networks representing the ultimate in
efficiency (and a complete absence of moral implication). Digitization, when viewed through the SkyNet Syndrome prism,
includes the artificial divestment (in other words, abstraction) of material from its given causal continuum
(
thus
becomes "this" and "that"), forming closed loops of destabilization and destruction. For example: the removal of coal
from its indeginous ecological life cycle for use in the burning of fossil fuels, which in turn destabilizes and
eventually destroys the ecosystems in which coal is naturally created. In most traditional, indigenous non-capitalist
systems the end goal of society is sustainability through balance. This substratum of balance acts as a public and
private directive, a system in which all individuals function within a larger environment as both the policers and the
policed. Non-capitalist systems are thus marked by a centrifugal force towards the positive synthesis of opposing
forces as opposed to their accentuation. The term SkyNet Syndrome is derived from the vindictive AI entity SkyNet as
portrayed in the
Terminator
series of films and television shows,
including the eponymous
SKYNET SYNDROME
1
spinoff, a critically lampooned series created by
Steven Bochco
that briefly
aired in the late 1980's.
1 The show was short-lived and heavily derided for its ill-advisedly frequent and lengthy computer programming montages. Additionally, the score for the series, created by the progressive rock ensemble Octagon of Dex, has become in recent years infamous for its extended milquetoast fretless bass and jazz flute solos.