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Calling it "evil" is too simplistic. I prefer to think of current tech much like genetic diversity on a highly accelerated scale. The evolution of what survi
by q1w2 5y ago
Calling it "evil" is too simplistic.
I prefer to think of current tech much like genetic diversity on a highly accelerated scale. The evolution of what survives has little intelligent design.
What works; works. What starves or causes damage to attract gov't regulation; dies or mutates.
What we are seeing is the chaos before an equilibrium is formed. We see the complex interaction of governments, corporations, cryptos, social media, AI, and humans - and as stable power structures form that can survive the tumult endure, so they evolve and become more "fit" than other elements in the ecosystem.
Think of it like a jungle, not a religious quest.
- streamofdigits 5y agoI actually don't see chaos, or mixing or any real competition between alternative DNA pools. What I see is a very orderly exponential expansion (into a regulatory vacuum) of a viral tech mode that successfully short-circuited many parts of the old "system" to finance its growth and in the process renormalized and redefined what is moral business (or actually any business) in the digital age. It is possible that countervailing forces will eventually show up. But I am not holding my breath. The new pattern is now entirely systemic. There are some loose ends here and there as people must "adjust their expectations" around e.g., financial and medical privacy, but you'd be surprised what innovative types of smoke and mirrors you can cook up when you are swimming in a fresh multi-billion wave every per quarter.