The awful thing here in the UK is that the supermarkets tell us that they cannot apprehend shoplifters (and the police won't bother either) so the public is witnessing and having to pay for crime. And we know this reticence is an excuse to bring in facial recognition tech so that they can rid themselves of shop staff eventually and reduce police in favour of tech. And the immensely troubling aspect of that is the absence of an appeal system when AI goes wrong or is inadequate.
Indeed, Zarayna. Just as the doctors say they are ‘baffled’, the police say their “hands are tied”. So we get technocratic dystopia just by serendipity, by happenstance - or is it accidentally-on-purpose? Who could have ever seen it coming? Well, anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear things, that’s who. :-)
And, of course, the public will choose to believe the story that their 'experts' are overwhelmed, or understaffed, or whatever as opposed to their experts sacrificing them to protect themselves. However, I am a great believer in Karma. Wishing you a super Thursday.
> When opening the Creed Speech substack, it is displayed with a black background and white fonts. I don't remember that was the case before, and it's the only of the many substacks I follow that has this format. Was that a deliberate change you introduced?
Note that it is a bit like opening YouTube recently, where you need to shut down your Adblockers or alternatively open the content you want to see in a 'private window' which also has this black background.
You know what would cut back on identity theft? Real penalties for the sub-human trash that commit it. Like involving a car battery, since they're so big on using electricity for fun. But who pays, as usual, for the crimes of a few? Everyone else. Twice. Some piece of shit steals your stuff and it's *you* that gets put in a cage, not the POS. It's almost like governments create and allow criminals in order to have a reason to restrain the people who *aren't* criminals. Problem, reaction, solution. And while everyone buys into that and clamors for "safety," almost none of them notice that a criminal who knows your credit card number is nowhere near as dangerous as a government that knows that and everything else about you.
Exactly. The collection of all this data has lead to people being robbed blind of their savings following hacks and leaks as the customer is doxxed - now for their identity, location, bank / crypto balance, and contact details - soon to also include their fingerprints, iris scans, and eventually blood type and DNA profile. Governments are operated by the criminals. One and the same. Mafia and police - one and the same.
Good work, Nicholas - thank you!
The awful thing here in the UK is that the supermarkets tell us that they cannot apprehend shoplifters (and the police won't bother either) so the public is witnessing and having to pay for crime. And we know this reticence is an excuse to bring in facial recognition tech so that they can rid themselves of shop staff eventually and reduce police in favour of tech. And the immensely troubling aspect of that is the absence of an appeal system when AI goes wrong or is inadequate.
I look forward to the next episode.
Indeed, Zarayna. Just as the doctors say they are ‘baffled’, the police say their “hands are tied”. So we get technocratic dystopia just by serendipity, by happenstance - or is it accidentally-on-purpose? Who could have ever seen it coming? Well, anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear things, that’s who. :-)
Absolutely!
And, of course, the public will choose to believe the story that their 'experts' are overwhelmed, or understaffed, or whatever as opposed to their experts sacrificing them to protect themselves. However, I am a great believer in Karma. Wishing you a super Thursday.
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> When opening the Creed Speech substack, it is displayed with a black background and white fonts. I don't remember that was the case before, and it's the only of the many substacks I follow that has this format. Was that a deliberate change you introduced?
Note that it is a bit like opening YouTube recently, where you need to shut down your Adblockers or alternatively open the content you want to see in a 'private window' which also has this black background.
It was intentional, thanks for the feedback. Let’s revert back to black font on lighter background, maybe that’s easier on the eye.
You know what would cut back on identity theft? Real penalties for the sub-human trash that commit it. Like involving a car battery, since they're so big on using electricity for fun. But who pays, as usual, for the crimes of a few? Everyone else. Twice. Some piece of shit steals your stuff and it's *you* that gets put in a cage, not the POS. It's almost like governments create and allow criminals in order to have a reason to restrain the people who *aren't* criminals. Problem, reaction, solution. And while everyone buys into that and clamors for "safety," almost none of them notice that a criminal who knows your credit card number is nowhere near as dangerous as a government that knows that and everything else about you.
Exactly. The collection of all this data has lead to people being robbed blind of their savings following hacks and leaks as the customer is doxxed - now for their identity, location, bank / crypto balance, and contact details - soon to also include their fingerprints, iris scans, and eventually blood type and DNA profile. Governments are operated by the criminals. One and the same. Mafia and police - one and the same.