Just model the internet as Printing Press 2 and the answers to all this stuff becomes obvious 1) Improved communication tech increases short-term chaos/conflict 2) Good luck putting that genie back in the bottle 3) Probably going to be a good thing in the long-termhttps://twitter.com/clairlemon/status/1453089155517349894 …
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Def not claiming that printed material was totally unrestricted, but that: 1) trying to ban printed mat doesn't seem to have been a very effect strategy for conflict reduction 2) countries/cultures which did do better at not adopting/banning the new tech were outcompeted
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I think 2 is an especially important factor. You might be able to slow down or stop the new tech (china is doing this okay), but in doing so you pass up the eventual benefits of having a more powerful memesphere (should you survive the transition)
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