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They won't. They'll build costly surveillance into everything and attack individual liberties for the sake of social control. They'll sap potential for positive
by smolder 7y ago
They won't. They'll build costly surveillance into everything and attack individual liberties for the sake of social control. They'll sap potential for positive disruption, out of paranoia, and ironically ensure the unsteerable inertia of existing institutions takes us all off a cliff.
- SiempreViernes 7y agoTypically central government favours legislative solutions, it's primarily the gadget agencies that press for technology solutions. Though I admit sometimes the futurist manage to create a big hype around some technology and everyone pays lip service to the coming technology rapture.
- sliken 7y agoOr they could say put a limit how big cooperation can be an enforce restrictions on each market. Don't let sprint and t-mobile merge for instance. Force companies over a certain market cap (say $10B) to split. That way governments could stay in control without stomping on the liberties and freedom of it's citizens.... after all the government is there at the service of the people... right?
- smolder 7y agoIt sounds good and I agree, but I think corruption runs too deep. Our government is flush with the money of profiteers and is weak in its collective will to uphold the principles that made it good.