86. Neither the 1% nor the under-the-API nouveau-poor (bottom 60%?) can invent the future that needs inventing now. It's up to the mediocre-normie middle class. It's a race between forces shrinking this class, and imaginative political actions emerging from this class.
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Gonna slow-walk these last 4 to the finish line and try to be first-in-last-out. For 97, let’s rerun an oldie https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1073751685212692480?s=21 …https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1073751685212692480 …
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98. The right to freedom of information aka internet access is the most basic human right now, and states can only be trusted to the extent the protect it. This is the new Zeroth Law of Governmentics and sadly India has joined the ranks of countries currently breaking it
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99. I expect the Westphalian nation state default to start crumbling within my lifetime (ie next ~50y) and the only questions are a) how messily/violently and b) where can I hide out and tweet about it
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