People are rightly alarmed at the accumulation of large amounts of wealth by individual men, which sometimes eclipses the budgets of entire countries. For example, Jeff Bezos wealth ($243.8 billion) exceeds the government budgets of Finland, Iceland, Estonia, and Latvia combined ($227.64B) No civilisation has an interest in allowing private individuals to rival the power ... read more
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Subinternet
Computer technology, once a boon to productivity and creativity, is now poised to destroy jobs, democracy, the stock market, and even mental health. Maybe it’s time to dial back computer technology to a level that is less menacing. ... read more