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Alice ,

Even when I'm lucid, I'm a fucking moron in my dreams. I'd do this just to poison the data with whatever idiocy only a dream brain can create.

M0oP0o ,
@M0oP0o@mander.xyz avatar

This is so weird and not for the obvious reasons. We as a general people (worldwide) are more productive then ever and if anything there is more production then the market can handle. Even by the most cut throat thinking this is pointless. Who is going to buy the products produced by the sleep slaves?

Hyrulian ,
@Hyrulian@lemmy.world avatar

Holy shit HypnOS is real!!

SimplyTadpole ,

Hopefully we can can order some Granny Cream's Hot Butter Ice Cream in this thing

uis , (edited )
@uis@lemm.ee avatar

"Does it mean I can enjoy life during day?"

"No, it means you will work day AND night."

"Does it mean I will be paid more?"

"No, you will be paid less."

JasonDJ ,

Oh man.

We should all act like these totally work and they’re a huge boon to productivity.

Normalize mid-day office naps!

Kusimulkku ,

Working while sleeping and having the rest of the day for myself seems cool

technomad ,

and having the rest of the day for myself

XD

Kusimulkku ,

I mean if I sleep 8 hours and I did my 8 hour shift, no more work

fine_sandy_bottom ,

I don't think that's how this will work.

Kusimulkku ,

Probably won't work at all tbh, but if I got the option, I'd rather sleep work than awake work is all I'm saying.

hex ,

I think he's trying to say, corporations being greedy and all, will end up making us work 16 hours a day instead

Kusimulkku ,

No I understood it, that's what everyone is saying hah.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

No, what I actually mean is, I doubt the manufacturer / inventor will claim that the device will work in this way.

technomad ,

Ok, it's a nice thought.

I'm trying not to be too negative here, but have you seen the innumerable graphs/charts that show the productivity increase vs. wage stagnation, etc.? Hard not to see how this would be abused immediately for corporate -profit$- instead of benefiting the workers.

Kusimulkku ,

I've seen them, but I was just trying to get away from the constant doom posting for a while and think how nice it'd be to be able to be done with work right away when you wake up.

hex_m_hell , (edited )
@hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net avatar

Yeah, no. This would become "8 hours for working, 8 hours for working while you're asleep, and 8 hours working because 'fuck you' that's why"

Kusimulkku ,

I don't think much of anything will become of this tbqh.

BluesF ,

If it's even possible to utilise your dreams usefully... surely this will have an impact on sleep quality? You can't just not rest and expect to get the benefit of rest.

hex_m_hell ,
@hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net avatar

I've used lucid dreaming to solve problems in the past. It's not really that different from trying to solve problems while on mind altering substance. You get a mix of brilliant solitons you'd never think of any other time and complete nonsense.

There's also a lot you just forget. I don't know if it would be helpful to recover that stuff or not. It may just feel important or correct without actually being useful in any way.

It doesn't negatively impact sleeping for enjoyable things like designing. I can't imagine it would be useful for anything you don't actually want to do.

But then again, extracting value isn't really the point of a lot of work. Most of it is about power and control. The work place is basically non-consentual BDSM, so it would make sense for an employer to demand someone works while sleeping just to show that they can exercise power over them.

HorriblePerson ,
@HorriblePerson@feddit.nl avatar

Wasn't this on an episode of Trash Future?

RIP_Cheems ,
@RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world avatar

Tell me when you jailbreak that thing and then I'll start being interested.

exocrinous ,

Didn't you have ads in the 20th century?
Well sure, but not in our dreams. Only on TV and radio. And in magazines. And movies. And at ball games and on buses and milk cartons and t-shirts and written on the sky. But not in dreams. No siree!

EmperorHenry ,
@EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

It's important to draw a line SOMEWHERE don't you think?

Just like people have to work every second of their waking life, it's important to draw a line in the sand and say "I will not work in my dreams, fuck you!"

exocrinous ,

Yes, the line is that we should ban both ads and wage labour in the waking world too.

Workers of the world, unite! We have nothing to lose but our chains!

EmperorHenry ,
@EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Through victory our chains are broken!

The force shall free me

exocrinous ,

On the blood of our fathers. On the blood of our sons. We swore to uphold the covenant!

Even to our dying breath!

EmperorHenry ,
@EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

did you know that when gorillas, chimps and other apes and monkeys have someone in their group that's hoarding a bunch of food, the other apes in the pack will gang up on the one hoarding resources and eat the hoarder?

just something to think about I guess

profoundninja ,

I love this bit and quote it terribly as often as i can.

dutchkimble ,

If you think about it, that is just idiocracy

Crack0n7uesday ,

Is that the movie prop from Dream Scenario?

HawlSera ,

Eh, whatever gets them to invest in Lucid Dreaming technology

slurpeesoforion ,

I'll stop taking my meds and sleep in a hot room. My mind will open a portal to hell.

Steamymoomilk ,
@Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works avatar

We are closer to futurama than we thought...

(Ads in your dreams)

AFaithfulNihilist ,
@AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world avatar

Last night I had a dream that my cat had his own pet cat and that both of them were dancing a waltz on the corner of my bed.

In my dream I was very disappointed because I was unable to get a video of it on my phone and when I woke up I was so disappointed that it wasn't real, but I still checked my phone just in case.

I have no video or even pictures of the dancing cats, And that makes me sad.

No_Eponym ,
@No_Eponym@lemmy.ca avatar

I got you friend.

a picture of a cat dancing

XPost3000 ,

Yoooo you have no clue how many times I whip out my phone in a dream to record and photograph the weird happenings, and then realize "oh wait there's no way to get the data off this thing" and just look down at my phone with sadness, and eventually wake up with that very same sadness

ThatFembyWho ,

Lmao I can't even imagine what crazy surrealist shit I'd come up with in my sleep.

<meeting>

"So, fembywho, I believe you worked last night, any progress you would like to share?"

"Ahem. Yes, uh. cough I searched for the lost spirit of my old acquaintance V from high school who bravely sacrificed herself for the good of humanity, and now is our only help against the alien menace. My companions thought her temple would be the most likely place to search, but I didn't expect to find anything. Her spirit is hiding somewhere only I can find, but I haven't been able to access that knowledge. I have seen visions and flown across many lands."

"Excellent progress. Keep us informed."

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