"separate http protocols" sounds like a nonsequitur, but it's true that Silicon Valley has huge power over our lives, and it's only going to increase. SV is res

"separate http protocols" sounds like a nonsequitur, but it's true that Silicon Valley has huge power over our lives, and it's only going to increase. SV is responsible for how you communicate, how you work, what information you're exposed to, and what you learn about the world. Tech companies can regulate your access to any of these; suspend your Twitter, ban or censor online communities, and more. To this, add the fact that they collect so much data. The idea of a not only partisan, but partially mob-driven Silicon Valley is concerning. Just think about psychometrics for a second. Facebook, based on your use of their site, can deduce enough about you to build a psychological profile of you. That was enough to correlate certain psychological profiles to political inclinations, and target marketing to potential Trump voters. Those psychological profiles are only going to get more precise, as time goes on, to the point where you can predict someone's likelihood of getting addicted to alcohol, or becoming a serial killer, months before it happens. You think Facebook won't eventually make use of that, either forced by law enforcement, the mob, or of their own will? It's immoral not to do it, you'd be saving lives! But then, what else can be done with those profiles? Who gets to decide? Will the mob have been appeased by then? You better hope so.