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Once a technology becomes pervasive and mature enough, it is no longer a question of finding hacks, workarounds, or tricks to fool the system. You might be able
by iamnothere 9y ago
Once a technology becomes pervasive and mature enough, it is no longer a question of finding hacks, workarounds, or tricks to fool the system. You might be able to do it for a time, but eventually your luck or attention will fail you and you will lose. ("Losing" may or may not have serious consequences for you, depending on how far you fall outside of social norms.)
When a technology becomes powerful enough, the only real solutions available to you are political, or in other words the so-called "four boxes of liberty". Or you can drop out of society, which unfortunately most often requires joining a tiny niche community full of weird social dropouts. Or you can just accept it. None of these are ideal, but hey, at least you have options...