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> So it's almost illusory. Am I paranoid, or is the world really walking down a dark path towards....what? It is just change. It was hard for the world to ada
by bhouston 8y ago
> So it's almost illusory. Am I paranoid, or is the world really walking down a dark path towards....what?
It is just change. It was hard for the world to adapt to the idea of nuclear weapons, and before that the awesome power of mechanized war.
- AlexandrB 8y ago> It was hard for the world to adapt to the idea of nuclear weapons, and before that the awesome power of mechanized war. These are interesting examples because in both cases society only adapted to the new technology after it had been deployed to catastrophic or near-catastrophic effect. What is going to be the panopticon equivalent of WWI? I fear we're in for some interesting times.