Drove to see a friend in Terrace, BC on Wednesday morn. Some inconsiderate speeder died and the Transcanada highway is shut down. Whose stupid idea was it to build only one road through the mountains?
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Road similar, sunny, clear, driver decides to pass a long line of cars stopped for a remote logging light around the corner, and drives right into a semi that turned from the logging road. :/ Passed flashing lights and numerous signs. No doubt many drivers witnessed this inevitable collision for many seconds and felt powerless..
Sitting there for seven hours, at least I had constant AC in the Prius; other drivers not so lucky. The mountains blocked my XM (again, whose stupid idea was that?) and a laptop without internet is boring, so I had a lot of time to think.I believe in social control during times of crisis, such as this. There is no doubt China will come out of this better than the US. However, I don't believe in one person ruling unconditionally. Democracy only works if it's free of corruption - it failed.
It's very possible a lot of countries that go bankrupt will emerge under a new form of government. With our technology, every user could vote securely, instantly and verified for any important decision a leader would make. Corrupt leaders could be stopped, and whistle blowers could report corruption anonymously. China has proven citizens can be tracked, so it's reasonable to track those in power.
I have no problem with a big brother system that all entities (citizen, government, military) are subject to
equally. With the technologies we're inventing in my new project, such big brother information can be collected, analyzed and acted on with no person having access to it. We are going to be recorded 24/7 eventually, so we should build the protocols and rules now.
If you think this is far away, consider
1) 5G bandwitdh and access points
2) 5G point to point protocols - units can communicate with each other rather than a central access point
3) Starlink (70ish satellites launched this week - up by the end of the year for parts of America.)
So, what kind of political person would I be? 50 years on this planet and all I see every election is "It's time for a change!". But nothing ever changes. :/
