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by seventytwo 1mo ago
What a wild, victim blaming take. Zero people want to be surveilled. They want the other benefits that come with technology and reluctantly accept, as a cost, some lower of privacy.
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by seventytwo 2mo ago
Gosh, no one could have predicted this.
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by seventytwo 2mo ago
Golly, what could possibly be causing that?
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by seventytwo 3mo ago
It doesn’t end in feudalism. It ends in guillotines.
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by seventytwo 3mo ago
Bound to happen in a society that’s been increasingly warped and purchased by people like PG in the last 15 years
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by seventytwo 3mo ago
Things he wants = democracy Things he doesn’t want = mob rule
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by seventytwo 3mo ago
Yep. That’s how democracy and law work.
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by seventytwo 3mo ago
We are. All of us. If enough of us agree, we can make any rule we want.
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by seventytwo 3mo ago
The bar isn’t dropping, it’s shifting.
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by seventytwo 3mo ago
What an asinine take.
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by seventytwo 3mo ago
Why not both?
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by seventytwo 3mo ago
The dangerous thing is when you’re a novice and can’t identify the BS. That’s why for people with “good” and “expert” skill, it’s not a huge boost. They can identify the BS, and what’s left is modestly helpful. The highest danger in using A
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by seventytwo 3mo ago
I’ve come to this same conclusion. Either we accept an internet crawling with bots and astroturf, or we abandon the anonymity and have an internet with only verified humans.
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by seventytwo 4mo ago
Seems legit
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by seventytwo 5mo ago
Yes. This administration. The Trump administration. Clear enough?
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by seventytwo 9mo ago
Remember that Russia is never as strong or as weak as they appear, and if they ally closely with China while Europe and the US is divided, it may mot be a good time for us in the West.
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by seventytwo 9mo ago
And I’m guessing you’ve covered 40 wars and have been reporting on those locations since at least the 1980s? Sit down.
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by seventytwo 9mo ago
“May” be a problem? Come on man.
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by seventytwo 9mo ago
You can’t imagine any other options between what we have today and central planing?
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by seventytwo 9mo ago
The $10k price exists to make the $100/mo seem like a good deal.
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by seventytwo 9mo ago
The problem isn’t necessarily the wealth itself, it’s the power feedback loop that comes with it. It’s the ability to influence the government to pass laws which maintain or amplify your existing wealth, which then increases your influenc
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by seventytwo 9mo ago
Here’s one - you presume the decisions they make about capital allocation are good and can’t be improved upon.
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by seventytwo 9mo ago
Ah, yes. Which is why we should return to tradition of the fiefdoms of yore, where the dukes and sultans famously brought great wealth and prosperity to their indentured servants! Thank you, omnipotent billionaires, for your generosity and
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by seventytwo 9mo ago
Because we’re not wild animals.
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by seventytwo 9mo ago
Then punish all of it.
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by seventytwo 1y ago
Yep. These various “tiers” have already been considered and are described in the Wikipedia article.
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by seventytwo 1y ago
Found the billionaire
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by seventytwo 1y ago
They’re all just tools. Use the tools or become obsolete.
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by seventytwo 1y ago
Genetic algorithms applied as an AI agent… So… yeah…
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by seventytwo 1y ago
Yep. It’s going to do all of those things you fear. And worse. But you’ll be armed with AI also, if you choose to pick it up. The choice is yours.

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