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- This is like reading an argument against multicellularity. The evil neurons are enslaving all the rest of us. Mind reading tech would obviously just be a new kind of language. Whatever state comes after would be unpredictable and emergent. It's not nazis with brain scanners.by nh23423fefe
- > It's not nazis with brain scanners.
Why not? Where do you suppose the nazis would go, once they got ahold of some brain scanners?
by mcphage - Lesswrong might be the only site on the internet where "mass-deployed BCI telepathy" is considered a more immediate threat to social cohesion than social media, propaganda or advertising.
It's a shame that today's "technologists" are eager to ignore the political axis of technology if it means they get to talk about ESP or Von Neumann machines. It's like I'm watching the field progress in reverse, transitioning from a crowd of self-righteous and skeptical consumers to a mystic and eschatological identity that eschews understanding.
by bigyabai - > It's a shame that today's "technologists" are eager to ignore the political axis of technology if it means they get to talk about ESP
Your comment reads to me like a criticism of lesswrong, but the linked article is entirely about the political axis of a potential technology. Am I misunderstanding your comment?
by mcphage - it's called less wrong because they're still always wrongby dkuntz2