First, while SQL was proposed in the ‘70s, it continued t be defined and developed for years after that. It is disingenuous to describe modern SQL and other Relational DBs as 70s technology.
Second, nothing in the opening examples (finding thousands signed up to vote from a mall site) is beyond the scope of even basic relational database. It might well be beyond the scope of existing databases, which is a different matter. The db technology is worthless without useful data to plug in. Those databases are coming online all the time. They are used by mapping/gps software, credit agencies, the census bureau (who is VERY far behind in numerous ways), and none of these efforts are hampered by not having the latest and greatest database software.
The article is both long and repetitive, and complaining that Mike Lindell and Salem Media made mistakes in hiring or movie content does nothing to describe how the new technology is a game changer. If there are bad voters on the rolls, and the political/judicial process allows no good way to challenge that, a better database, fractal or otherwise, does nothing to address the underlying problem, which is a political/human problem.
By all means, develop the technology. Come up with better ways to expose real fraud, or improve existing systems, but do so without saying that everything else is worthless. Finally, describe in layman’s (or legacy db developer’s terms) exactly how this is a gamechanger.
Marshall McLuhan wrote decades ago that while the technologists came up with the newest ways to extend mass media, it took the artistic types to see how it could be used in creative ways, and where its introduction would likely extend. The same might be true in this realm. We need technologists, but also those who can see how technological tools can be employed.
Very insightful. In a past professional gig, I learned about a team of futurists connected to high-level leaders of a multinational software developer. The software execs made a splash at industry conferences with the resultingly foresightful approach to selling global systems.