I finally got to watch the video - This is the first day in a while that my pain level was low enough that I could put on a headset to listen to it.
My first thought is that any technology that CAN be abused WILL be abused. Making "rules" and declaring "cognitive liberty as a human right" means nothing, nothing at all. Someone, somewhere will absolutely ignore any such rules and wreak havoc on their populations via this technology. They made some "rules" a couple hundred years ago regarding things like the right to keep and bear arms, and the right to free speech, etc., and we can see those being increasingly ignored today. Rules only matter to folks that will follow them, just like locks are for honest people.
So my advice in this matter is just refuse to get wired. That's the easiest way to keep them from abusing your acquiescence - just don't acquiesce. If you don't crack, there is nothing there for them to abuse against you.
Should they insist, then insist right back that it ain't happening in your world. Should they become belligerent and forceful, simply break them AND their silly little "devices" into bitty little pieces - both man and machine.
No one can control you if you refuse to be controlled. In order for anyone to own you, they first have to get your permission for them to enslave you. Should they kill you in the altercation, they still lose, and you still win - you died free, and they never slaved you.
Fight to the death if necessary, but never, EVER agree to live on your knees.
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My first thought is that any technology that CAN be abused WILL be abused. Making "rules" and declaring "cognitive liberty as a human right" means nothing, nothing at all. Someone, somewhere will absolutely ignore any such rules and wreak havoc on their populations via this technology. They made some "rules" a couple hundred years ago regarding things like the right to keep and bear arms, and the right to free speech, etc., and we can see those being increasingly ignored today. Rules only matter to folks that will follow them, just like locks are for honest people.
So my advice in this matter is just refuse to get wired. That's the easiest way to keep them from abusing your acquiescence - just don't acquiesce. If you don't crack, there is nothing there for them to abuse against you.
Should they insist, then insist right back that it ain't happening in your world. Should they become belligerent and forceful, simply break them AND their silly little "devices" into bitty little pieces - both man and machine.
No one can control you if you refuse to be controlled. In order for anyone to own you, they first have to get your permission for them to enslave you. Should they kill you in the altercation, they still lose, and you still win - you died free, and they never slaved you.
Fight to the death if necessary, but never, EVER agree to live on your knees.
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