Technological progress entails concentration of power.
>>536383002amazing insight
>>536384321fuck off, most people don't think about it at all, and many disagree
>>536384443ok pseud
>>536384622kys coombrain
>>536383002>>536384443I have thought about this before. Technology is a force multiplier and enables wider control and management.Many years ago if you broke the king's laws, nobody could do anything unless someone physically saw you, reported you, and the king sent some guys on horseback to fuck you up. If the king's domain was large, this would take a long time, so the king had to delegate authority to dukes and earls and so on.Now we have all kinds of video and satellite surveillance and the government can hunt you down in cars and helicopters. The top level of government no longer needs to delegate as much authority down the chain, leading to greater centralization of power.AI is another step in this chain, but a big one. Eventually we could see one guy ruling the whole world with omniscient AI surveillance and an army of robots.
>>536383002So we had concentration of power to protect—then we revolted and overthrew them for freedoms, just to allow this new concentration of power. That will do, who knows
>>536385720I'm using my technological force multiplier to call you a faggot
>>536383002If knowledge is power internet has decentralized itCheckmate chud
>>536385720Many years ago if you got mugged then nobody could do shit unless somebody knew the mugger but now with fingerprint databases and cameras you are better protectedSo far cameras were used for the good of the people and not control (except that county in Muttland where Israel has cameras kek).Not that it can't change but so far you're being paranoid.
>>536386108>So far cameras were used for the good of the people and not controlthis is just you not thinking very deeply
>>536387100perhaps he thinks that social credit systems like they have in china are a good thing
>>536387100Yeah but you don't have an actual argument
>>536384321you are too brown to realize implicationsfor technological breakthroughs you are expected to make the rich more richer by buying their product like a good goy because thinking of supporting small businesses would be antisemitic
>>536383002Until everyone has the same technology. Then you've got another problem, scale and utilization. Case in point the combustion engine, everyone has them and there wasn't any real plan on what to do once 9 billion were drinking from the same cup of energy. To 99.999% the technology is magic and does magical things for them like work and travel. The cost under that success is the fuel is limited and not infinite as some are trying to push.The take away here is let no good deed, like sharing technology of combustion engines, be unpunished.
>>536387436i'll take that as a yes and accept your concession
>>536383002monopoly and patents involve concentration of power.- kids have built nuclear reactors in their sheds- governments/lawyers shut it down.
scientists were people who had free-time(rich/or just sigma) and education to think- newton- pythograspay scientists or make cost-of-living where hobbies can turn into science.
>>536383002>>536385720Generally yes, but specific technologies can either centralize or decentralize power. Power was very centralized in expensive and highly trained knights until various types of bows allowed even a commoner to kill one at range. Modern tech can be centralized, running on big tech servers or decentralized and open source. But yea, overall, it's centralization.
>>536383002You can have concentration of power, but still have checks and limiters on what it may doMonarchies died out for a reason. Ethnocentric democracies are more stable and encouraging of private innovation
