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Wow. Excellent article. Visionary, even. So, clearly, about 90% of the population of this message board will be parasites by this new definition. This suggest
by swombat 16y ago
Wow. Excellent article. Visionary, even.
So, clearly, about 90% of the population of this message board will be parasites by this new definition.
This suggests one thing to me: if we're disorganised parasites, we will get squashed.
- alanthonyc 16y agoAgreed. This opening was excellent, something I hadn't thought of before: " We used to think of a network as a fortress, with the good guys on the inside and the bad guys on the outside, and walls and gates and guards to ensure that only the good guys got inside. Modern networks are more like cities, dynamic and complex entities with many different boundaries within them." But then the rest of it really blew my mind.
- JabavuAdams 16y agoBecome self-replicating.
- Mongoose 16y agoFunny that the same demographic will likely be the ones implementing the tech that necessitates such parasitic behavior.
- cstross 16y agoDo not underestimate the ability of human beings to act individually against their collective best interest. Or to act in accordance with whatever authority tells them is their best interest, without pausing for analysis.