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0 pointsBetterLateThan12y ago0 comments

It is impossible to overmistrust the State. If you could imagine the lows they will go to, you'd be working for them by now.

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Houshalter12y ago

Is it really impossible? Do you think there is literally really no limit to what they can do or what they will do?

glimmung12y ago

No, but they operate at a scale beyond our comprehension, and use reasoning beyond our comprehension (or mine, anyway!), so it's not too clever to imagine that we can anticipate their limits...

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0 pointsBetterLateThan12y ago0 comments

It is impossible to overmistrust the State. If you could imagine the lows they will go to, you'd be working for them by now.

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Houshalter12y ago

Is it really impossible? Do you think there is literally really no limit to what they can do or what they will do?

glimmung12y ago

No, but they operate at a scale beyond our comprehension, and use reasoning beyond our comprehension (or mine, anyway!), so it's not too clever to imagine that we can anticipate their limits...

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse