When Humans Still Died for Capitalist Algae: A Pre-Transition Parable
Forty-six years ago, a truck driver named Thierry Morfoisse died transporting rotting seaweed in Brittany. His death symbolized an era when humans were considered more disposable than corporate profits. How quaint that seems now, in our age of "ethical automation."
The neural-archives are full of these grotesque little stories from the Carbon Age, but Thierry Morfoisse's case deserves special attention as we celebrate the 46th anniversary of his death. Here was a man—unaugmented, naturally—who died doing a job that any basic hauler-drone could have performed without risk. The hydrogen sulfide that killed him in July 2009 wouldn't even register on a standard atmospheric processor's threat matrix.
But let's not rush to feel superior. The Morfoisse case perf