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by BurningFrog 2400 days ago
One angle, which you may or may not have implied:

We can't stop Google or the government to cover the city with cameras.

But we can put up our own camera network!
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carapace 2399 days ago
You're still taking the stance of "us against them" in a context where "they" have much greater resources than "us". I think that's already a "failure mode" and we have to integrate society and government somehow (or fall into some techno-dystopia.)
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harimau777 2399 days ago
Is there a way that you can see that we might achieve that?

I ask because it seems to me that would require dramatic changes in government and society that are extraordinarily unlikely. I'm not even sure if such a system could be maintained without changes to basic human nature.

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carapace 2398 days ago
> Is there a way that you can see that we might achieve that?

Actually, yes. I think something like the "Core Transformation Process" could do the trick: https://www.coretransformation.org/

I can vouch from personal experience that it works and is pretty profound. I suspect that it could be adapted to work with pairs and groups.

> I ask because it seems to me that would require dramatic changes in government and society that are extraordinarily unlikely. I'm not even sure if such a system could be maintained without changes to basic human nature.

Ultimately, I think it all boils down to human nature. Technology is just an accelerator or amplifier. Then again, maybe this is the moment where our evolution transcends our baser human nature, eh?

"Interesting times."

Ciao.

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BurningFrog 2398 days ago
> in a context where "they" have much greater resources than "us".

It doesn't matter if Google can install 100 camera networks and "we" only 1. Both systems record the same data.

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