'Learning to appreciate that control is an illusion is hard, especially when we are prepared to sacrifice almost everything, to pay any price, to control others.'
Once upon a time, in the ancient kingdom of Lydia, a shepherd called Gyges found a magic ring, which, when rotated on his finger, made him invisible. So, Gyges walked unseen into the royal palace, seduced the queen, murdered the king, and installed himself as ruler.
When Jill wants to go mountaineering with Jack, but Jack craves a romantic stroll along the beach, Jack is Jill's constraint and vice versa. To liberate them from constraints, the Freedom Device should allow Jill to go mountaineering with a willing Jack while he is strolling with a version of her contented self along the beach. It would let us all inhabit the same virtual world but experience our mutual interactions differently.
Big Tech and free marketeers think nothing of it: What's wrong with joy? Why would anyone resist simultaneous experiences that satisfy one's strongest desires? How is it wrong for Zuckerberg to make money from people who want to pay him for liberation from all constraints?
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