How Do We Escape Computer Controlled Propaganda Flow

[Zenaan Harkness]

On Mon, Nov 09, 2020 at 01:59:51PM -0500, Karl wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 1:40 PM Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 <punks at tfwno.gf> wrote:
> > On Mon, 9 Nov 2020 05:52:02 -0500
> > Karl <gmkarl at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Many of us have ways to make the world right,
> > > but so long as our actions can be predicted, it doesn't seem easy to
> > > pursue them, and pursuing them may have consequences.
> >
> >
> >         I don't think prediction is the problem but numbers. If enough people want to burn down amazon and google, the 'prediction' won't stop them.
> >
> >
> >
> > > Does anyone have advice on what software developers can do during this
> > > time, to help the situation?
> >
> >         how can computer programers fix a political problem?
> 
> I stand by blockchain technologies that prevent the isolation of
> communities and provide immutable public records.  Cryptography can
> make votes unalterable,

Cryptography unfortunately can't stop the dead from voting.


> dialogue unhidable.  Math could show clear
> statistics of what influences behavior and information flow, and for
> whom.
> 
> But computer programers share with you the malady that problems are
> for 'fixing'.
> 
> >
> > >
> > > Personally, I have no idea how to communicate with people who refuse
> > > to harm anyone, to work on solutions with them.
> >