>What gives me nightmares is what a competent authoritarian state, corporation or network could do with present technology This is what I'm actually talking ab

>What gives me nightmares is what a competent authoritarian state, corporation or network could do with present technology This is what I'm actually talking about. Of course I don't begrudge china their time at the top (not that they haven't been there before...) but rather I'm scared by the uncertainty. Of course the future is uncertain by definition, but it particularly uncertain now. I'm not sure that even makes sense... As you can tell I'm very confused. This kind of rambling 24/7 in my head was basically what caused me to stop thinking about it.