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Guardian Columnist Jack Schofield suggests China is making a Totalitarian Bet - that with enough software, enough sensors and enough State Security the people o
by lifeisstillgood 4y ago
Guardian Columnist Jack Schofield suggests China is making a Totalitarian Bet - that with enough software, enough sensors and enough State Security the people of china can be forever controlled and directed.
I think software is too complex, society and opportunity too complex for directed development to work - it must evolve, and like science needs openness and spread of ideas - a Democratic Bet.
One kind of society will be utopia and one ... not.
Everyone will want to live in utopia - and it's on us to code it, vote for it, nurture it.
- hilyen 4y agoCode isn't going to solve anything unless the people deciding on what to code are the people who are directly affected by it. Code today written by America's engineers is dictated top down by their CEO's or board who are only looking to enrich themselves, so the result will be the same.