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Oh hey look another example of Rainbows End being spot on in predictions. At some point the U.S. will try something similar (hell under Trump there was already
by SolarNet 7y ago
Oh hey look another example of Rainbows End being spot on in predictions. At some point the U.S. will try something similar (hell under Trump there was already noise about it), and I think Rainbows End is necessary reading for what we will be up against.
- SubiculumCode 7y agoThat was such an interesting novel. Of course in that novel the justification for total surveillance and lockdown of components was the extreme vulnerability to terror enhanced by technology, AI, and automation...which was hard to argue against in Rainbows End.
- SolarNet 7y agoThat was what it was for the US and EU polities. I think there is a throwaway line about China just doing it because China. When this happens in US and EU it will be because of terrorism, linked with technologies like amazon's drones, or uber's cars, or some other thing.