Commentary: Forget far-right populism – crypto-anarchists are the new masters
The world of technology, politics, economics, and pretty much all of our social structures, are heading into a new era. This article covers a lot of these topics well. Personally I disagree with the headline, because true Anarchists aren't really trying to be anyone's Master. This article raised so many good questions for me.
What will become of humanity when self-learning, self-replicating robots take over nearly all of our industrial production?
Do humans have enough moral fortitude to handle these new technologies in a balanced way ... for the benefit of humanity?
Can we trust that A.I technology won't decide to rid the planet of us? Can we trust the motives of the people in control of some of these technologies.
I am definitely all for the Decentralization and P2P revolution. But, I seriously question how human beings will handle the change.
One thing is for sure, we already know the motives of the psychopathic elite currently holding centralized control over our systems. There will always be bad people, so centralized power systems need to be dissolved if humanity is to make it though to the next stage of our evolution in tact. We have no choice but to enter the unknown and see where the chips fall. Either way it's happening ... good to be aware and prepared.
I'd like to hear what other people think about the pressing issues brought up in this article. Aloha, Michael
Forget far-right populism – crypto-anarchists are the new masters
Those who mistakenly thought 2016 was an anomaly, a series of unprecedented events, should have few remaining doubts. Marine Le Pen may have stuttered but still picked up almost 11 million votes. Her opponent, the “normal” candidate, was leader of a party only one year old. The ongoing terror attacks, fake news panic, Trump’s tweets and James Comey: last year never really ended, it just carried straight on into this one.
After decades of exaggerated prediction, the internet is finally transforming politics, but not in the way the digital prophets expected. The 90s, you may recall, were awash with optimism about our online future: limitless information and total connection would make us more informed, less bigoted and kinder citizens. But the internet is an overwhelming mess of competing facts, claims, blogs, data, propaganda, misinformation, investigative journalism, charts, different charts, commentary and reportage. It’s not the slow and careful politicians who have thrived in this busy environment, it’s the people with the shareable cut-through messages. Donald Trump might very well be the first truly social-media politician: his emotion-filled, simplistic blasts are perfect for the medium. [Read the rest: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/04/forget-far-right-populism-crypto-anarchists-are-the-new-masters-internet-politics]