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> It will soon become impossible to commit the smallest of crimes without law enforcement being notified. If it was that simple, I would applaud the new era of

> It will soon become impossible to commit the smallest of crimes without law enforcement being notified. If it was that simple, I would applaud the new era of surveillance. Unfortunately, some people will be above the law, while others will be subjected to it. If privacy laws were actually repealed, and everyone saw what everyone else was doing, it might not be so bad. It’s the unfairness of it that really stinks.

EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 5y ago
Currently, there is tech to see what's inside person's brain. One can think of a word and it will be pronounced by computer. Useful for paralyzed people. Also useful to the government and to people like you. Just think of a politically incorrect word, here $50 fine is automatically subtracted from your bank account.
raxxorrax 5y ago
No, you probably do not want to live in a world with 100% compliance. It would be stagnant hell hole.
- criddell 5y ago
  Just because all laws are enforced equally (whatever that means) doesn’t mean there would be 100% compliance.
ben_w 5y ago
> Unfortunately, some people will be above the law, while others will be subjected to it. This is a big problem, but hardly the only one. There’s plenty of things illegal in various places right now which I don’t believe should be illegal. And some other things which were illegal and socially unacceptable when I was young and which are now not only perfectly legal but also socially normalised such that having a problem with it marks one as a bigot. But even for the things which I do wish to remain illegal, almost all of them will need significantly reduced penalties in a world of omniscient surveillance. To give a specific example of how the status quo would break if we had perfect surveillance but didn’t change anything else: In the UK, the minimum penalty is a £100 fine and 3 points on your license, and if you get 12 points within a 3 year period you can be disqualified from driving. Enforce that perfectly, how fast would everyone in the UK lose their licenses?

EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 5y ago

Currently, there is tech to see what's inside person's brain. One can think of a word and it will be pronounced by computer. Useful for paralyzed people. Also useful to the government and to people like you. Just think of a politically incorrect word, here $50 fine is automatically subtracted from your bank account.

raxxorrax 5y ago

No, you probably do not want to live in a world with 100% compliance. It would be stagnant hell hole.

criddell 5y ago
Just because all laws are enforced equally (whatever that means) doesn’t mean there would be 100% compliance.

ben_w 5y ago

> Unfortunately, some people will be above the law, while others will be subjected to it. This is a big problem, but hardly the only one. There’s plenty of things illegal in various places right now which I don’t believe should be illegal. And some other things which were illegal and socially unacceptable when I was young and which are now not only perfectly legal but also socially normalised such that having a problem with it marks one as a bigot. But even for the things which I do wish to remain illegal, almost all of them will need significantly reduced penalties in a world of omniscient surveillance. To give a specific example of how the status quo would break if we had perfect surveillance but didn’t change anything else: In the UK, the minimum penalty is a £100 fine and 3 points on your license, and if you get 12 points within a 3 year period you can be disqualified from driving. Enforce that perfectly, how fast would everyone in the UK lose their licenses?