[nologic01]

This discussion could be a movie scene:

Prison door malfunctions and lets prisoners free.

Prisoners step out in the sun and get confused by their freedom to move in all directions.

They gloomily walk back to their well understood confines. The door locks again, this time for good.

Ok, fair enough, we don't want them prisoners to go back to the "comfort" of their cell.

What is needed? Not much. A few damn signposts would do. This way to inanity. This way to bliss. This way to scratch your itch. Etc.

To frame freedom as a problem because nobody put up some signs (because honestly who expected serious traffic?) shows how far we have fallen.

[ranguna]

Funny analogy, here's another one:

Prison door malfunctions and lets prisoners free.

Prisoners step out in the sun to find themselves confused in a never ending maze full of branches in all directions. They have difficulties finding shelter and food.

They walk back to their well understood confines, in relief. The door doesn't lock, but they choose to stay either way.

[nologic01]

> The door doesn't lock

Assuming you are not a prison operator this smacks of complacency.

In the digital age where rules are there to be broken fast, any and all complacency will be used against you (us).

The era of web 2.0 social media, damaging as it was, is drawing towards a close.

The next phase will be an ever tighter "embrace", with airtight control of digital identity, access to financial transactions and unprecedented AI manipulation. Of-course the inmates will enjoy Cloud Atlas type amenities.

Freedom was never easy and is not an exportable good either. It is either in your real constitution or not. I just hope that there is a critical mass of countries that actually mean it.

[Kiro]

I definitely prefer prison to all this nonsense.