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That is a really good point. Perhaps one could compare it to creating and driving an car from the 1920's, and trying to satisfy all the regulations around cars
by JesperRavn 11y ago
That is a really good point. Perhaps one could compare it to creating and driving an car from the 1920's, and trying to satisfy all the regulations around cars nowadays.
On the other hand, I do think that combination of extreme scarcity leading to government regulation is so out of line with how the world is moving, that it reflects flawed thinking. It's almost as if people want some kind of crises to escape the decadence of modern capitalism (and there are as many on the right who think this way). The only thing that could create this kind of scarcity is global warming. But maybe the reference to a farmer on the arctic circle was a reference to this?
- icebraining 11y agoI do think that global warming (and subsequent sea rising) is pretty much what they were alluding to, from the cover picture of water flooding NY. By the way, if you're looking for some SF very much in line with your posts, I suggest James P. Hogan's The Multiplex Man. It's not a great novel, but the background of Western governments using environmental protection to justify massive intrusions in personal liberties is intriguing. As someone who doesn't believe that AGI is some conspiracy, but who prefers the State as a mechanism of last resort, I'm hoping we can avoid the conditions that would provide justification for a much heavier hand.