#realitydistortionfield — Public Fediverse posts

A paradox of genius: Jobs could glimpse 20 years ahead for everyone else, yet often missed the breakthrough sitting on his desk. Geoffrey Cain, author of Steve Jobs in Exile, unpacks this vision‑vs‑blind‑spot tension. How does a reality‑distortion field both propel and blind? Dive in. https://youtube.com/shorts/vnqxatJagbg #SteveJobs #RealityDistortionField #TechHistory

Enshittifying the hardware to lock the faithful into royalty-producing "Apple-approved" compatible accessories.

Then, constant slow degradation of UI/UX.

That culminates in Liquid Ass, which Saint Steve would have burned to the ground.

Now, pushing ChatGPT for everything - all stuff no one wants.

And somehow, the Tame Apple Press and the Apple Reality Distortion Field will bring forth enough cult members to sell millions of whatever crap the company wants to push on them.

[Remember "More powerful than a supercomputer, right on your desktop" ? Pepperidge Farm remembers. And no, I'm not an Apple fan, at least not the Apple of recent decades.]

#Apple #RealityDistortionField #TameApplePress #RDF #TAP #AppleTax #WWDC #cult #LiquidAss #SteveJobs

Tim Apple's retirement announcement reminded me of a saying that is more relevant now than ever.

If you don't stand up for your principles, you don't have principles - you have "thoughts & prayers".

#principles #opportunistic #unprincipled #TimApple #TimCook #Apple #RealityDistortionField #FruityCargoCult

@JackTheCat
That would be Iranians firing ordnance that has been obliterated, from weapon systems that have been obliterated, from military sites that have been obliterated? 🤔

#DonaldTrump #RealityDistortionField

Did #ZohranMamdani just #RealityDistortionField Trump in the Oval Office?

Legendary Apple Qwality. Again.

https://wccftech.com/iphone-17-pro-max-cosmic-orange-paint-job-removed-using-wet-wipes/

#Apple #Iphone #Qwality #QA #WeveHeardOfIt #RealityDistortionField

@firerock31 for the full immersive and intense #RealityDistortionField UX

Inside Trumpworld’s #RealityDistortionField

In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk's killing, Donald Trump's advisors were sure who was to blame. Whether they actually were didn't, and doesn't, much seem to matter.
#Trump #maga #charliekirk #trumpworld

https://www.wired.com/story/inside-trumpworlds-reality-distortion-field/

@unusual_whales

This is not the #RealityDistortionField you are looking for.

@bcham

The #RealityDistortionField powers are strong in him.

Don’t Fail to Imagine the #Eschaton

If you watch the #news, scroll through your #feed, and play with #AI tools, sometimes it feels like being in a #RealityDistortionField.

http://inaniludibrio.com/2025/04/13/dont-fail-to-imagine-the-eschaton/

Für alle, die gegen Windkrafträdet sind, weil hässlich… das da ist aber ok? #realityDistortionField

@SrRochardBunson @PatrickoftheG @melioristicmarie

If we’re not trying to distort reality towards the future we want to live in, WTAF are we doing here?

Exhort your #punk #RealityDistortionField, or get out of the way🤘

@roelgrif @vruz
Operating in a ketamine-induced #RealityDistortionField exercise, white-knuckling his way thru everything until defenestration day.

@railmaps @jackwilliambell

I think another way to describe this in the political world is the #RealityDistortionField powers (supposedly) held by Steve Jobs.

“What we have here is a shared delusion — a dead-end technology that runs on copyright theft, one that requires a continual supply of capital to keep running as it provides services that are, at best, inessential, sold to us dressed up as a kind of automation it doesn't provide, that costs billions and billions of dollars and will continue to do so in perpetuity.“

- @Zitron

#AI #GenAI #LLMs #economics #business #technology #RealityDistortionField #copyright #automation #VentureCapital

@lauren @wordshaper

Apple ... being the saviour against predatory manufacturers in a monopolized market?

That's like hiring Hannibal Lecter as your chef.

Lauren's right, Apple is all about lock-in and profit-taking, and has been for decades. The tame Apple press and fanboys just whitewash this fact out of existence, and have been doing so for the same length of time.

#Apple #TimApple #LockIn #RealityDistortionField

#AI math is a round peg trying to fit in a square #business hole.

The real costs are subsidized by #shareholders and #investors of startups.

The entire premise challenges #sensemaking and smells like a #RealityDistortionField.

https://www.superversive.co/blog/roundpeg-squarehole

@wendinoakland the #RealityDistortionField, #KnowledgeBlindness, and self-delusion is very, very real.

@annaecook

“Leadership” is anyone with #RealityDistortionField capabilities.

@thedoctor

Oh, I was totally enveloped in the #RealityDistortionField when I was younger. I think that's what enables me to take the piss out of Apple so vociferously today. I'm completely dispelled/disillusioned of that particular delusion. ;)

#SamAltman’s #superpower admired by #TechBros everywhere is remaining pot-committed to papering over all #NarrativeViolations of the #RealityDistortionField he is trying to manifest into the world.

@tuban_muzuru @Frances_Larina
#Diplomacy is like a mutual #RealityDistortionField exercise.

Rates won’t get cut.

Rates reflect risk.

Risks haven’t decreased.

Insurance premiums have risen.

Because premiums reflect risk.

Inflation is high because insurance costs have increased.

Jerome Powell said all of this.

Don’t be delusional and manifest your own #RealityDistortionField divorced from fundamentals cuz the vibe feels good.

Hear me now, believe me later.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jpmorgan-warns-growing-disconnect-between-215816633.html

#economy #InterestRates #RiskManagement #insurance #business #inflation

@CharlieMcHenry

People with #RealityDistortionField powers are marks for propaganda and conspiracy theories, what?

@loke @lauren

I came here to say this - Jobs had his Reality Distortion Field through which he could straight-facedly claim to have "invented" years-old established tech.

But Jobs had charisma and presence to pull it off. Neither Tim Cook nor Space Karen / Elmo can do it.

#RDF #RealityDistortionField #jobs #SteveJobs #apple #musk #elon #ElonMusk #SpaceKaren

@joshtpm it is almost incomprehensible how the concept of “news” has mutated and warped in such a relatively short time span 😖. #news #bothsideism #media #realitydistortionfield

@misc
I think that’s just #RealityDistortionField capabilities, which can also manifest as personal charisma, or “rizz”, as the kids now say.

It’s actually the only way to get things done, with a small, thoughtful group of committed citizens.

That’s the means.

The ends don’t have to be right-wing.

That is where optimism and agency come into play.