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That black mirror system is p2p when China's system is centralized. I believe the black mirror system is worse.
by johnchristopher 8y ago
That black mirror system is p2p when China's system is centralized. I believe the black mirror system is worse.
- PMan74 8y agoThe Black Mirror system reminded me more of Uber: drivers doing the utmost to ingratiate themselves to passengers for fear of losing their livelihood through a few bad scores.
- johnchristopher 8y agoI wonder how things would go if the score was private. Also, what would be the consequences of knowing who upvoted you or downvoted you ? Now that I think about it, neither imgur or hn let you see that. Should we be entitled to that kind of data ?
- Just_Smith 8y agoJust curious - why do you think a centralized system would be superior to a decentralized system? That would allow the norm to be dictated by the central authority, and not through public consensus.
- username90 8y agoPunishing people based on public consensus is lynching.
- johnchristopher 8y agoSorry, there is a misunderstanding. It's the other way around. I believe the black mirror system is more efficient to establish social control and is more perverse because everyone is policing it, watching you and reporting you. It's the real nature of big brother (what I remember from the book): everyone is big brother in the end and there's no escape. Our life would be worse in a black mirror system than in a Chinese system. Both systems are fucked up though.
- tekknik 8y agoare you sure about that? with hive mind mentality both are essentially a single entity working against you.
- johnchristopher 8y agoOne of the option is self-regulated, the other is not. That last one conjures up a single entity you can identify yourself against. You can antagonize it, fight it. The first one doesn't give you that anchor.