The worst case scenario, of course, is a system enforcing an absolute lack of privacy, when that system is owned by an enforcement agency which is not dedicated to any true prosocial goals, but to the continuation of its own power structure. And that's the end state of all surveillance and power structures because that's where the motivation and feedback reward loops trend. Anything which does NOT enforce its own monopoly on power is overtaken by things which DO enforce their own monopoly on power. The has nothing to do with the advancement of humanity or ... (read more)
My method of staying sane is way less complicated.
I am not unique or special. I am human. Ergo things that keep humans sane should work on me.
So I read up on mental health and then did those things. Sleep, nutrition, exercise, sunshine, make friends, community service, clean air.
It's likely I may still experience issues later in life. But all life is always temporary. It's about the now, appreciating this moment when I have a dog beside me and a snoring spouse and a wool blanket and a nice book.
I can only control what I can control.
I'm learning rock carving. Rocks are awesome and last through lots of disasters.
The worst argument in the world remains true: Someone's gonna do it. Might as well be someone who will make some attempt at doing it ethically and with kindness. You don't want this done by folks whose alignment is, say, chaotic evil.
A reasonable immediate response from world governments to this would be humans performing audit of August's actions using old fashioned paper, and insisting on audit before continuing actions. August's response to audit would be informative.
I noticed a gap: no discussion from August on our current ongoing catastrophic ecosystem collapse, and he was happy to cause ecosystem damage as long as he had a "backup". This is concerning. The extinction problem we're facing is huge but not immediately impacting to most people, and "salvage the remains of the ecosys... (read more)