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To sum up something I've been thinking about: the panoptic dystopia of our future is evidently not Orwellian, but Molochian (shameless self-promotion: [1]). We
by elvinyung 8y ago
To sum up something I've been thinking about: the panoptic dystopia of our future is evidently not Orwellian, but Molochian (shameless self-promotion: [1]). We aren't forced to install telescreens in our homes; we live within social and psychological incentive structures that subtly nudge us toward willingly having and using them. The network effects enmesh us all within the stickest of webs.
[1] https://www.notion.so/The-Bottom-Up-Surveillance-State-8ea9a6e019e14ef7ae4f3ef0ffb35984 https://www.notion.so/The-Bottom-Up-Surveillance-State-8ea9a...
- jatsign 8y agoThis is both well written and well formatted. Is it a blog? If so, what tech are you using to render it? Are there more pieces like this?
- elvinyung 8y agoThanks! It's kind of a blog [1] that mostly consists of me writing down various things that I think about, that I try to format in a presentable way. I write everything in a notes app called Notion, and it happens to provide zero-effort publishing in a relatively nice way (although a semi-major pain point for me is that it doesn't really provide nice features for the reader, e.g. RSS subscription, or public comments). [1] https://www.notion.so/eff0rtfu11-39e0544567de4a1887b2614e84ceb0ab https://www.notion.so/eff0rtfu11-39e0544567de4a1887b2614e84c... (I've also added a link to the bottom of that post.)
- briandear 8y agoA “new version of notion is ready” pop up that can’t be dismissed without clicking “update” makes your link unreadable. I have no idea what Notion is or why a website would need me to click “update” on a pop-up.
- elvinyung 8y agoInteresting, it doesn't show up for me. Mind posting a screenshot? I'll pass it onto them.