I’ll admit I’m stealing this question from an r/cyberpunk post but I thought it was an interesting question and wanted to ask it here.
To quote that original post:
On one hand, the CEO being essentially an omnipotent, untouchable king elevates the class differences to their logical extreme, but on the other hand, a corporation that is so large it feeds itself, a company so weighted and full of momentum no human can ever hope to come against it feels almost lovecraftian.
What do you think?
Cory Doctorow had something relevant to this in one of his blog posts a while ago, but I can’t recall if he was quoting someone else. The gist of it was about how corporations already exist as the uncaring, unfeeling, immortal tyrants that everyone is afraid AI will eventually become, and humans (including CEOs) are insignificant gut flora who survive by helping their hosts consume the world’s resources. I’ll add a link later if I have time/remember.
To answer the question, it’s the second one and we are currently living in that dystopia.
I’ll also look for that link. Sounds interesting. First to find it wins.