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Very entertaining! How did no one realize this was fake by the first graph? Does xkcd design the graphs for fb premium partners?
Usually I read comments on HN before the article, but there were no comments when I saw the link, so I went straight to reading it. What a bizarre piece. How long did it take everyone else to realize it was fiction? For me, I did not realize until the very end -- and even then I still wasn't sure. It could just as well have been written by some delusional non-technical employee at Facebook.
I read way too much science fiction. Back to work now!
Kind of relieved though.
Or it's not entirely fiction or perhaps even factious. I remember Rupert Sheldrake mention in one of his mindboggling talks that he wanted to investigate potential psi effects on a much larger scale and was in talks with Google. If there were 'results' pertaining to precognition (or AI enhanced precognition of the crowd) would the public get to know about it?
1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Penumbra%27s_24-Hour_Books...
Nice piece. When I saw that first from-future graph, I thought Facebook is faking their data. As they are known for faking page likes.
'I spent the day haunting the roof of MPK20, feeling jangly and nervous, staring out across the bay.'
i thought it was about her confronting the ethical dilemma about whether she should rat out on her employer or not. it feels more likely you would accidentally disclose your fake data generator than your future predictor.
Worth noting that Robin is also the author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore [1] that others around HN would probably find pretty enjoyable. I thought it was quite fun. 1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Penumbra%27s_24-Hour_Books...
Nice piece. When I saw that first from-future graph, I thought Facebook is faking their data. As they are known for faking page likes.