[null and void]

"Force, in contrast, doesn’t scale: it’s enormously costly in capital and labor to monitor an entire populace and impose control and obedience."

Only if humans do all the heavy lifting.

Otherwise, Moore's law says it gets twice as powerful and half as expensive every couple years.

[Garth Tater]

"Moore's law says it gets twice as powerful and half as expensive every couple years."

There are always Unintended Consequences when govt becomes overbearing.

I have a feeling that book is going to come out with a Chinese edition in real life soon.