8D8 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
8D8 / Fuyoh!
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | 8D8 is one of those figures kids got when there was nothing else available on the pegs. It's certainly difficult to imagine a kid clamouring for a figure of a droid depicted torturing another in the Star Wars equivalent of Abu Ghraib.The droids in Star Wars had it tough. "We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life," one of them observed. They may have been manufactured goods but they displayed courage and concern for each other, and felt fear, anger and even despair. Yet they were exploited like chattel, had restraining bolts placed on them, had their memories wiped and if they got uppity about any of this, they had a date with 8D8. Still, it's nice to imagine a future in which droids are at humanity's beck and call to take on tedious, repetitive and dangerous tasks, and improve our overall quality of life.The other scenario, in which humanity takes a backseat to technology, is less appealing. It's the scenario that sees corporations that prioritise profits and stock prices over human dignity reducing employees to the level of droids. People would be monitored for efficiency, constantly surveilled to ensure compliance and fired by algorithm for suboptimal performance. There's no reason to believe they would be happy with their lot. Tech companies in pursuit of ever greater profits might collaborate with authoritarians using social cohesion as a pretext for shutting down protest and dissent. A repressive regime primarily concerned with maintaining the passivity of its populace might well have great need of 8D8's services. |
| 撮影日 | 2019-06-07 22:29:42 |
| 撮影者 | Fuyoh! |
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