(1/6) On the last page of #thepriceofpanic, we started by talking about WEF and its "Great Reset," and moved on to Big Tech:
No one should be surprised that globalist technocrats, having just witnessed a grand social experiment, are now licking their chops.
No one should be surprised that globalist technocrats, having just witnessed a grand social experiment, are now licking their chops.
(2/6) Making people carry papers to prove their immunity? One-world semi-socialism? These started as conspiracy theories, not suggestions. And we’re pretty sure that neither is quite fit for American tastes.
(3/6) A more likely road to serfdom in the United States could be paved by big tech. In late March, some techno-utopians were already sketching out the solution to the pandemic.
(4/6) In Wired magazine, Tristan Harris called for digital platforms to provide their billions of users with a “corrective lens” to help them conform their beliefs and behavior more quickly to the new reality.
(5/6) “This emergency, this moment,” he wrote, “calls for a fundamentally new approach to technology—to abandon the myth of neutral metrics and engagement, and restructure technology to prioritize this corrective lens that can help save millions of lives.”
(6/6) Despotism, if it arrives on our shores, may not come wearing a swastika or hammer and sickle, or even a blue helmet. It could come bearing promises of safety, enlightenment, and stock options. https://www.regnery.com/9781684511419/the-price-of-panic/