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> projections of what the world might look like when this happens I've done this a few times. A world with 0 privacy would definitely be safe (given benign gov
by skeledrew 6mo ago
> projections of what the world might look like when this happens
I've done this a few times. A world with 0 privacy would definitely be safe (given benign governance), but also would likely be pretty boring. Crime would become a non-issue as everything about everyone being easily known/knowable by everyone else means the root of any given crime, some desire/need, could be brought to the fore and resolved before it became an actual issue. But also there would no longer be any kind of surprise in anything; everything and everyone would essentially become dull and grey, and humanity isn't about that kind of life experience at all.
- JanNash 6mo ago> given benign governance quite unrealistic imo, thus we (maybe and hopefully) needn't worry about the bland minority report future you're hypothesizing :)
- londons_explore 6mo agoIn such a world, the government could never be overthrown. All governments go bad eventually, so the ability to overthrow is critical to prosperity. Government's are either overthrown internally (revolt, uprising) or by external parties (invasion). A worldwide everyone-knows-everything would prevent both.
- skeledrew 6mo agoWhat would prevent a bad government from being removed if everything about them is also known? Note this is 100% availability across the board, so the governed would know everything about every potential member of government, which means if they said anything that the many disagreed with at any time, they'd simply be excluded from future candidacy, never gaining the political power/recognition in the first place.