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> 3. That software engineers actually control/own enough of everything to pull that "trigger" unilaterally. Either you misunderstand the quote, or you haven't
by TZubiri 2y ago
> 3. That software engineers actually control/own enough of everything to pull that "trigger" unilaterally.
Either you misunderstand the quote, or you haven't read the book or watched the series.
George Martin's central motif of what power really is doesn't have a definite answer, several characters propose different theories, in this case Varys poses more of a question than an answer.
You might say that the AI holds the power, you might say the Engineers hold the power, you might say the congressmen that regulate it hold the power, you might say the citizens who vote the congressmen have the power, you might say the president by control of the military holds the power, the users, god, chance, the smart, the capitalists, the shareholders, etc...
- Terr_ 2y agoI slogged through the ~4,000+ pages of the 5 books--not that I consider myself a fan at this late date--and the subtext of my post was: "I don't think that thought-experiment maps usefully to anything around us right now, it barely did for the characters in a medieval fantasy." All models are wrong, some are useful, I don't think this one is that useful, unless some researcher has a Technological Singularity in a Bottle somewhere.
- TZubiri 2y ago" unless some researcher has a Technological Singularity in a Bottle somewhere." But the model is that no one person holds all of the power? That power is many things at once and held by many people? Both in the book and in reality, matches to me.