The internet brought many laudable things, but prosperity, stability, accountability and honest politics were not four of them.

Maybe we're about to radically change the operating system of the human condition. If so, then this would be a really good time to make backups of our civilization.

Humans are very aggressive and scrappy, and go to war at the drop of a hat. However, a standard land war is no longer going to work as it is no longer technically possible.

I don't think there's much distinction between surveillance and media in general. Better media means better surveillance. Cams are everywhere.

Don't become a well rounded person. Well rounded people are smooth and ull. Become a thoroughly spiky person.

The internet brought many laudable things, but prosperity, stability, accountability and honest politics were not four of them.

Privacy under what circumstance? Privacy at home under what circumstances? You have more privacy if everyone's illiterate, but you wouldn't really call that privacy. That's ignorance.