Social media were already doing this with more relatively more primitive tech. The advent of social media mass control got me thinking. All the political and social strife. It’s only the beginning. The 20th century was marked by conventional warfare and terrifying new weapons.
The 21st century conflict is going to be something we’ve never seen before. Not unlike 20th century global conflict ushering in new forms of weaponry. We don’t know what the nuclear bomb of the 21st century will be. It will likely be something like this. Maybe we won’t be fearing an atomic bomb. Maybe people themselves will turn into violent mobs or something. What terrifying things will come out of using the world as live psychological experiments with zero ethics.
Social media were already doing this with more relatively more primitive tech. The advent of social media mass control got me thinking. All the political and social strife. It’s only the beginning. The 20th century was marked by conventional warfare and terrifying new weapons.
The 21st century conflict is going to be something we’ve never seen before. Not unlike 20th century global conflict ushering in new forms of weaponry. We don’t know what the nuclear bomb of the 21st century will be. It will likely be something like this. Maybe we won’t be fearing an atomic bomb. Maybe people themselves will turn into violent mobs or something. What terrifying things will come out of using the world as live psychological experiments with zero ethics.