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> We have to solve this kind of problem at the human level. As technology accelerates, it's going to become easier and easier for a crazy person to inflict mas

> We have to solve this kind of problem at the human level. As technology accelerates, it's going to become easier and easier for a crazy person to inflict massive damage. With a knife, you can only kill a few people. With a gun, you can only kill a few dozen people. With a bomb, you can only kill a few hundred people. Eventually, the only way to solve this problem will be mass surveillance.

adrianN 6y ago
I think we're not at the point where mass surveillance is warranted. Hopefully it stays that way for a while longer.
hilbertseries 6y ago
The Oklahoma City bombing was 25 years ago and a much larger bomb. I don’t really see the problems of bombs has gotten any worse, in the intermediate.
pessimizer 6y ago
The real problem is that we are millenarians with memories like fish. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster
AndrewBissell 6y ago
> Eventually, the only way to solve this problem will be mass surveillance. We already have that, didn't seem to work in this case.
c22 6y ago
But now you have two problems...
jcims 6y ago
With a germ you can kill a few million people - https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/life-science/cloning/gene-synthesis/geneart-gene-synthesis.html https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/life-science/cloning... https://www.genscript.com/gene_synthesis.html https://www.genscript.com/gene_synthesis.html https://www.idtdna.com/pages/products/genes-and-gene-fragments/custom-gene-synthesis https://www.idtdna.com/pages/products/genes-and-gene-fragmen... https://www.genewiz.com/en/Public/Services/Gene-Synthesis https://www.genewiz.com/en/Public/Services/Gene-Synthesis If you want to see someone do cool stuff with the above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoczYXJeMY4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoczYXJeMY4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hf9yN-oBV4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hf9yN-oBV4

adrianN 6y ago

I think we're not at the point where mass surveillance is warranted. Hopefully it stays that way for a while longer.

hilbertseries 6y ago

The Oklahoma City bombing was 25 years ago and a much larger bomb. I don’t really see the problems of bombs has gotten any worse, in the intermediate.

pessimizer 6y ago

The real problem is that we are millenarians with memories like fish. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster

AndrewBissell 6y ago

> Eventually, the only way to solve this problem will be mass surveillance. We already have that, didn't seem to work in this case.

c22 6y ago

But now you have two problems...

jcims 6y ago

With a germ you can kill a few million people - https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/life-science/cloning/gene-synthesis/geneart-gene-synthesis.html https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/life-science/cloning... https://www.genscript.com/gene_synthesis.html https://www.genscript.com/gene_synthesis.html https://www.idtdna.com/pages/products/genes-and-gene-fragments/custom-gene-synthesis https://www.idtdna.com/pages/products/genes-and-gene-fragmen... https://www.genewiz.com/en/Public/Services/Gene-Synthesis https://www.genewiz.com/en/Public/Services/Gene-Synthesis If you want to see someone do cool stuff with the above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoczYXJeMY4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoczYXJeMY4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hf9yN-oBV4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hf9yN-oBV4