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> > The first is that the unprecedented scale and pace of technological change will outstrip our ability to effectively adapt to it. Second, we will be in a wor
by blaser-waffle 7y ago
> > The first is that the unprecedented scale and pace of technological change will outstrip our ability to effectively adapt to it. Second, we will be in a world of ceaseless and pervasive cyberinsecurity and cyberconflict against nation-states, businesses and individuals. Third, the flood of data about human and machine activity will put such extraordinary economic and political power in the hands of the private sector that it will transform the fundamental relationship, at least in the Western world, between government and the private sector. Finally, and perhaps most ominously, the digital revolution has the potential for a pernicious effect on the very legitimacy and thus stability of our governmental and societal structures.
Sounds like the cyberpunk dystopia is come to pass. Just waiting on a "Screaming Fist" type incident...
- longtom 7y ago> "Screaming Fist" type incident... What's that?
- KineticLensman 7y agoFrom Neuromancer [0], William Gibson's 1984 genre-defining cyberpunk novel > "Operation Screaming Fist," which planned on infiltrating and disrupting Soviet computer systems from ultralight aircraft dropped over Russia. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer
- johnchristopher 7y agoIt's a reference to Neuromancer, the book. Screaming Fist was the name of an operation that turned out to be a red herring with lethal consequences for those who believed it was a genuine thing. edit: I can't tell if parent refers to the red herring or the objectives of the Screaming Fist operation.
- Koshkin 7y agoWouldn't have worked on the abacus and the pencil.
- api 7y agoI've been talking about the prophecies of William Gibson for some time. He seems to have nailed the 21st century more than any other sci-fi writer.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoHaven't read any of his books yet. Did he prophesize that all of this cyberpunk bickering will come to an abrupt halt as global warming destabilizes our civilization and kicks the survivors back to medieval age? After recent stream of climate change articles I just can't read these NSA statements without thinking that they're worrying about the wrong thing.
- mcculley 7y agoHis recent book, "The Peripheral", describes a world deeply affected by climate change and other problems.
- SiempreViernes 7y agoIsn't worrying about he wrong thing is their historical track record? Whenever they aren't actually measuring something directly intelligence agencies seem to rely on their paranoia, which makes for a poor tool to extrapolate with.