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0 pointsthehardsphere9y ago0 comments

Given that even the most totalitarian states eventually fail and don't ever have complete and total control over the entire populace, I think you're correct that it will not be enough.

What they really need is to invent time travel, and murder Ada Lovelace.

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M_Grey9y ago

That should be a canonical test for the implausibility of any policy. "Do we need to invent a time machine for this to work?"

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0 pointsthehardsphere9y ago0 comments

Given that even the most totalitarian states eventually fail and don't ever have complete and total control over the entire populace, I think you're correct that it will not be enough.

What they really need is to invent time travel, and murder Ada Lovelace.

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M_Grey9y ago

That should be a canonical test for the implausibility of any policy. "Do we need to invent a time machine for this to work?"

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse