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The bigger threat that WW3 or Global Warming is pervasive monitoring. Whoever survives all the other disasters can be completely controlled by whoever has the a
by MrTonyD 8y ago
The bigger threat that WW3 or Global Warming is pervasive monitoring. Whoever survives all the other disasters can be completely controlled by whoever has the ability to monitor everything (and then kill anybody who acts or speaks against their interest. There is no such thing as resistance when your ability to resist is detected and monitored.
- viivaux 8y agoCurrently, you're downvoted to near the bottom, while the top comment is defending this violation of dignity. What's going on here; are we that out of touch with this community's values?
- brokenmachine 8y agoI'm starting to think the wider community has no idea how bad the possible outcomes of mass surveillance are. Lucky for them, they have nothing to hide so don't need to worry! /s
- Jill_the_Pill 8y agoMaybe they are downvoting because the apocalypse would have destroyed the physical infrastructure needed for such surveillance? It's sort of dystopia or the other; you can't have both!
- MrTonyD 8y agoWell, if that is their reason for downvoting then they really haven't thought it through. Pervasive monitoring is pervasive in large part because modern monitoring sensors are produced by the billions and are incredibly tiny (I'm talking about custom military stuff - not "spy-warehouse" stuff.) These are distributed systems and even today they spread their data all over the world to many huge secret underground bunkers (I know NSA guys who've describe these to me.) So even today there is a lot more monitoring than people realize. And this is analogous to the old nuclear first strike logic - if somebody strikes first then they have won. Once you get full control, your monitoring can't be fought.