The problem with the "crypto/web3 is the western version of giving power back to the people" is that it will create far higher levels of inequality (a feudal nightmare) and even undermine our entire system - blog.gardeviance.org/2013/11/a-spoi… - however, it's going to get much worse ...
https://twitter.com/DennisRocky/status/1492424754719907843
... as China starts to lead the world in technology and economic power combined with much higher levels of equality ... the very idea of the success caused by our values in our Western collectives will be undermined creating a downward spiral ... 
... we are so fscked because people have been playing games of soveriegnty that they don't understand (especially in technical fields) and frankly they are out of their depth -swardley.medium.com/mountains-matt…
... the end result will be a shift toward greater authoritariansim in the West as the "executives" look for someone to blame and become convinced that the key to succes is greater control.
Before you say Boris / Trump ... they are just the symptom. This started long before them.
Before you say Boris / Trump ... they are just the symptom. This started long before them.
Oh, and before you say Cummings ... knowing the problem is 1/10th of the battle. You also have to be capable of bringing people together and changing the course. Cummings had his chance and blew it. @KatHall42 fairly nails him on this - thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2020-1…
X : I don't understand the culture bit.
Me : Our sense of safety and belonging to our Western collective is tied to the appearance of success that our values (beliefs) and hence behaviours have bought us. Undermine the success, the entire tower starts to collapse.
Me : Our sense of safety and belonging to our Western collective is tied to the appearance of success that our values (beliefs) and hence behaviours have bought us. Undermine the success, the entire tower starts to collapse.
X : Do you think China knows this?
Me : They're not daft, in fact they are great game players. Which bizarrely is where the pressure will come from. Art.
X : Art?
Me : Yep i.e. interactive games. We used art (as in Hollywood) in the past to project power of our values ...
Me : They're not daft, in fact they are great game players. Which bizarrely is where the pressure will come from. Art.
X : Art?
Me : Yep i.e. interactive games. We used art (as in Hollywood) in the past to project power of our values ...
... to others, the same will happen here or more accurately has already been happening. Video games are most pervasive form of art and ideal for altering behaviours by exposing specific values in the game. Even Hezbollah uses video games - france24.com/en/20180301-he…
The pinnacle of warfare is not the kinetic, lob stuff at each other kind. That's the very very last resort. The pinnacle is to win without fighting and the best way to do that is to make everyone else ... you.
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