Saturday, June 17, 2017

"The digital tsunami poised to engulf us, as machine intelligence and a rising tech elite radically restructure life as we know it"

In other news...

Just kidding. I'm as much a fan of florid rhetoric as the next person so here's The Guardian:

Forget far-right populism – crypto-anarchists are the new masters 

Many are concerned about the internet’s role in politics. But more worrying is the digital tsunami poised to engulf us, as machine intelligence and a rising tech elite radically restructure life as we know it
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e3d6a64483cda16478ff055be1a46482f22bda45/0_0_5958_3575/master/5958.jpg?w=1300&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=bf1f4bbb1cec05aedc849494727105ba

Yes, it was the subhead to a story, June 4.

HT: MetaFilter's "crypto-anarchy goes mainstream" which elicited as the first comment, "Crypto-anarchists use tabs.".

Yes, yes indeed, quite the bunch of rebels.