The Internet Is a Surveillance State

To quote my friend Zigurd, who learned a thing or two about tyranny and totalitarianism from e.g. his Latvian parents who met in a Displaced Persons camp post-WWII, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5840210:

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Until the early 80's there was no widespread use of mobile telephony and internet. It's not crazy to think that the surveillance state has ruined the internet and that there is more value in avoiding it than in using it. Maybe it's over.

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The car industry is facing a generation of buyer who find cars a burden. It's crazy to think that we can't screw this up.