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My takeaway from this is, when literally any configuration of matter can be used to encode potentially dangerous information, there is no amount of paranoia suf
by JetAlone 4y ago
My takeaway from this is, when literally any configuration of matter can be used to encode potentially dangerous information, there is no amount of paranoia sufficient to completely prevent that information from being transmitted. The sword of Damocles can never, ever be taken down.
- mtrycz2 4y ago
- yellowapple 4y agoI got the precise opposite impression: that censorship is a losing battle, and those who engage in it are doomed to fail.
- danuker 4y ago> there is no amount of paranoia sufficient to completely prevent that information from being transmitted Given enough government paranoia, costs to transmit (especially broadcast) information go significantly up.
- JetAlone 4y agoI appreciate this consideration, you're right, particularly in the case of broadcasting. My thought is that in general, a network of committed enough transmitters can potentially use their communication ability to eventually bring about an unexpected means of broadcasting which is cheaper than the paranoia it would cost to prevent their transmissions. I imagine something like the ending of "They Live", where a small network struggles to affect the state of broadcasting. They bring a deceitful broadcast down in that story so it's not 100% the same. Either way, just when you think you've found a way to dodge the sword of Damocles forever, you find a new one, somehow, suspended above your new super ultra safe throne.