Pre-made dishes, AI-written articles, people being compressed
We are eating pre-made meals, Watching AI-generated content, Living a life arranged by algorithms. Society is developing rapidly, that’s a fact. But another equally true fact is: people are being treated more and more roughly. In the past, “efficiency improvement” was to save people time. Now, “efficiency improvement” is directly replacing people. Takeout is pre-made Content is AI-generated Services are scripted Emotions are mass-produced Everything is heading in one direction: standardization + scaling + dehumanization You think you are choosing, but in fact, you are being filtered. The content you see is fed to you by algorithms. The meals you eat are prepared by supply chains. The viewpoints you encounter are generated by models. Even your expressed emotions are becoming more like others’. The even more frightening thing isn’t “machines replacing humans.” It’s: people are beginning to actively accept being replaced. Lazily thinking, lazily expressing, lazily judging Eventually becoming: a replaceable part Why is the word “oxen and horses” becoming more popular? Because many people have already vaguely sensed: They are not living, but being used. But this isn’t a one-way street. You can continue to be fed: scroll through short videos, consume pre-made information, accept standard answers Or you can make another choice: become a producer, not a consumer. Whether it’s creating content or doing self-media, The essence shouldn’t just be about making money. It’s about: in this increasingly standardized world, leaving a “human touch” The most valuable thing in the future won’t be information, but “people with judgment.” When humanity becomes a scarce commodity, it can only be called a tragedy of the times.
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Pre-made dishes, AI-written articles, people being compressed
We are eating pre-made meals,
Watching AI-generated content,
Living a life arranged by algorithms.
Society is developing rapidly, that’s a fact.
But another equally true fact is: people are being treated more and more roughly.
In the past, “efficiency improvement” was to save people time.
Now, “efficiency improvement” is directly replacing people.
Takeout is pre-made
Content is AI-generated
Services are scripted
Emotions are mass-produced
Everything is heading in one direction: standardization + scaling + dehumanization
You think you are choosing, but in fact, you are being filtered.
The content you see is fed to you by algorithms.
The meals you eat are prepared by supply chains.
The viewpoints you encounter are generated by models.
Even your expressed emotions are becoming more like others’.
The even more frightening thing isn’t “machines replacing humans.”
It’s: people are beginning to actively accept being replaced.
Lazily thinking, lazily expressing, lazily judging
Eventually becoming: a replaceable part
Why is the word “oxen and horses” becoming more popular?
Because many people have already vaguely sensed:
They are not living, but being used. But this isn’t a one-way street.
You can continue to be fed: scroll through short videos, consume pre-made information, accept standard answers
Or you can make another choice: become a producer, not a consumer.
Whether it’s creating content or doing self-media,
The essence shouldn’t just be about making money. It’s about: in this increasingly standardized world, leaving a “human touch”
The most valuable thing in the future won’t be information, but “people with judgment.”
When humanity becomes a scarce commodity, it can only be called a tragedy of the times.