Globe99 on Nostr: First post! Re-reading Snow Crash because it seems particularly relevant to the ...
First post! Re-reading Snow Crash because it seems particularly relevant to the anarcho-capitalist dystopia (utopia?) we seem to be headed towards at the moment....
In particular Curtis Yarvin's "formalism", combined with other ideas of nprofile1qyf8wumn8ghj7etev4ejue3h0ghxjme0qys8wumn8ghj7enfv968yetkv4kxzarfdahzumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcpzemhxue69uhkzat5dqhxummnw3erztnrdakj7qg6waehxw309ankzmrp0punzvewdehhxarjxyhxxmmd9uq3jamnwvaz7tm8wfhh2urn9enxjct5dfskvtnrdakj7qpqxeejes6lu4scttcmzytq5wfad3e6rljpmhc3snqs89xz3jjavfasz4ss35 (nprofile…ss35) 's The Network State, and the general proximity of both of these figures to the current administration has led many to speculate that this is precisely the endgame for the Silicon Valley influences currently present in the administration.... I.e. the replacement of the USA with a balkanized landscape of "franchise microstates" run by "CEO-Kings."
In particular for #DOGE, the depiction of what remains of the US Federal Government, a tiny patch of land surrounding the VA Hospital in Westwood, CA, seemed very prescient. "Work from home" is long dead; instead, the remaining Feds are a tightly regulated workforce being constantly monitored by keystroke loggers, omnipresent AI surveillance, and loyalty tests.
I'm not saying any of the above speculative scenarios are necessarily good or bad, and none of them are either inevitable or imminent... But for better or worse, these ideas have never been closer to power than they are today.
#snowcrash #cyberpunk #anarchocapitalism
In particular Curtis Yarvin's "formalism", combined with other ideas of nprofile1qyf8wumn8ghj7etev4ejue3h0ghxjme0qys8wumn8ghj7enfv968yetkv4kxzarfdahzumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcpzemhxue69uhkzat5dqhxummnw3erztnrdakj7qg6waehxw309ankzmrp0punzvewdehhxarjxyhxxmmd9uq3jamnwvaz7tm8wfhh2urn9enxjct5dfskvtnrdakj7qpqxeejes6lu4scttcmzytq5wfad3e6rljpmhc3snqs89xz3jjavfasz4ss35 (nprofile…ss35) 's The Network State, and the general proximity of both of these figures to the current administration has led many to speculate that this is precisely the endgame for the Silicon Valley influences currently present in the administration.... I.e. the replacement of the USA with a balkanized landscape of "franchise microstates" run by "CEO-Kings."
In particular for #DOGE, the depiction of what remains of the US Federal Government, a tiny patch of land surrounding the VA Hospital in Westwood, CA, seemed very prescient. "Work from home" is long dead; instead, the remaining Feds are a tightly regulated workforce being constantly monitored by keystroke loggers, omnipresent AI surveillance, and loyalty tests.
I'm not saying any of the above speculative scenarios are necessarily good or bad, and none of them are either inevitable or imminent... But for better or worse, these ideas have never been closer to power than they are today.
#snowcrash #cyberpunk #anarchocapitalism