It wholly depends on how the technological context evolves.
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To be honest, it'll be one of those 'went bad at first, but -despite some of the things we implemented to prevent what happened before again- are walking towards a light in the tunnel' voters.
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A significant part of it depends on how we rationalize the fact that technology determines rights and freedoms. If we continue to see rights and freedoms as static entities, then dystopia is the endpoint. We have a chance if we see rights and freedoms as fluid constructs, dependent on the technological context.
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Basically, we have to accept that one way goes into utter hells like the setting of the webcomic GENOCIDE Man (which follows what is essentially Super!Interpool... with the duty to kill ideologies wholesale with all that it entails) or Reign of Steel (a GURPS RPG setting that is Terminator with the serials filed off, oh and the machines already won) or go into something far more acceptable like Anno 2070 and 2205...
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Reply to How is our general outlook for the future of digital and information technology? Are we heading towards a dystopia, utopia, or something in between? by mega_lova_nia
It wholly depends on how the technological context evolves.
​
To be honest, it'll be one of those 'went bad at first, but -despite some of the things we implemented to prevent what happened before again- are walking towards a light in the tunnel' voters.
​
A significant part of it depends on how we rationalize the fact that technology determines rights and freedoms. If we continue to see rights and freedoms as static entities, then dystopia is the endpoint. We have a chance if we see rights and freedoms as fluid constructs, dependent on the technological context.
​
Basically, we have to accept that one way goes into utter hells like the setting of the webcomic GENOCIDE Man (which follows what is essentially Super!Interpool... with the duty to kill ideologies wholesale with all that it entails) or Reign of Steel (a GURPS RPG setting that is Terminator with the serials filed off, oh and the machines already won) or go into something far more acceptable like Anno 2070 and 2205...