OK, this blog has made some pretty wild predictions over the years; from loss of privacy & security, through societal decay from social media & 24/7 connectivity, mass unemployment by AI & automation, to industrial environmental catastrophe and a technocapitalist Armageddon. Now there’s clear evidence of the first of these forecasts coming true, any chance of taking any of the others seriously? Maybe before it’s too late might be a good idea?
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A superb keynote from Charles Stross, opening this year’s ‘Chaos Communication Congress’.
https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-9270-dude_you_broke_the_future
Yet more hidden dangers in emerging technology in the hands of technocapitalism!
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Often, ‘simple says it best’!
Technology could help us all … but it won’t.
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