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Weapons yield power to the person who controls them. At least nuclear weapons require a refinery process that's difficult. Still, North Korea has managed to l
by swalsh 11y ago
Weapons yield power to the person who controls them. At least nuclear weapons require a refinery process that's difficult. Still, North Korea has managed to limp along for as long as it has at least in part to a strong suspicion they have nuclear capabilities.
A very scary thought is how much power a private entity (individual or corporation) could gain with a relatively low amount of money. I'm not certain a "truce" by engineers is enough. It only takes 1 to break it. In fact, even if there was a law... it's still only going to take one.
Personally, I think we need technological check and balances as much as we need political checks and balances.
- therobot24 11y agodon't forget nations where governments or organizations oppress individuals into performing work [1][2][3] [1] http://motherboard.vice.com/read/radio-silence http://motherboard.vice.com/read/radio-silence [2] https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/north-korea/2015-05-28/outsourcing-oppression https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/north-korea/2015-05-... [3] http://blogs.wsj.com/middleeast/2014/10/23/u-a-e-migrant-domestic-workers-suffer-abuse-human-rights-watch-says/ http://blogs.wsj.com/middleeast/2014/10/23/u-a-e-migrant-dom...