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Comment by decebalus1 | Hacker News Reader

Seriously folks, that the fuck is going on? Every day I read the news it's like I'm in a dystopian novel. Yesterday there was the parole-as-a-service startup announcement, today 'The Circle' leaks into reality. Lots of startups are issuing basically 'Kongbucks' and a self-driving car killed its first victim. Looking forward for the first corporation to want to become sovereign.

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Agreed. This place seems to love most of those events however. Google execs have been very open about their desire to start a Google Island where they can conduct limitless experiments (on customers / 'citizens' I assume) away from regulation.

That sounds very much like the city of Rapture in Bioshock (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioShock) the only difference being that Art Déco is the more tasteful styling.

You are Number 6. I am Number 2. Accept my friend request. Be seeing you.

With their stock ROI over the past year, I expect it will be Domino’s.

A name change and their first burbclave wont be too far behind.

Might be time for me to read Snow Crash again. But I’m worried it’ll just scare me.

Just read snow crash for the fist time last year. Is fun as the book is, I don't want to live in that world and am most definitely scared now.

Bad Nash Equilibria. I'm not always a big Yudkowski fan but his recent book/pamplet Inadequate Equilibria explains it pretty well: https://equilibriabook.com/

> Looking forward for the first corporation to want to become sovereign.

maybe also look backwards? e.g. British East India Company, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_rule_in_India

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