The alternative is autocracy entrenched by censorship… but… We seem to be facing a situation where autocrats, with the help of technology, are now very good at

The alternative is autocracy entrenched by censorship… but… We seem to be facing a situation where autocrats, with the help of technology, are now very good at hacking free speech by either using targeted manipulation or just DOSing the public square. The latter is Bannon’s “flood the zone with shit” and Putin’s “firehose of falsehood.” It’s a variant of the Gish gallop at scale. I am deeply concerned about the existence of any kind of free society in the future. Maybe that’s what drives humans into space finally: to escape the corrupt decadent technofeudal autocrats on Earth.