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The ability to destroy outpaces the ability to create and preserve. Destruction is inevitable. When the ability of the rogue group or individual can slaughter
by SubiculumCode 10y ago
The ability to destroy outpaces the ability to create and preserve. Destruction is inevitable.
When the ability of the rogue group or individual can slaughter millions, pervasive monitoring may be the only path avoiding extinction, without giving up on technological advancement.
These are two hypotheses,despite my strong libertarian leanings, that I find difficult to reject.
- hx87 10y agoSousveillance seems to be happy medium: it's more secure than surveillance since the work is crowdsourced and there are no privileged actors (i.e. the watchers) that are free of surveillance. It's less prone to abuse of power because everyone is being watched, and everyone is doing the watching, so abuses will quickly come to light. Security, privacy, freedom: choose two. I'd gladly sacrifice privacy for the others, as long as everyone else does the same.