The Political Impact of Failed Assassination

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

The kid was an accelerationist. A lot of young men like this, young men who feel left behind or unrooted to our America, to this culture, have a strong desire to ‘see it all burn down’ and live a simple life, with a wife and family. Because that life appears to them to be out of reach, they discuss accelerating us to an apocalyptic event of some sort. In fact, a not insignificant number of those are nihilists who want the utter destruction of mankind because of their deep alienation and dissatisfaction with reality.

Considering what we’ve seen over the last-30 years, I don’t believe our brains are wired for a technocracy, so a lot of people are rebelling against it. “Make America Great Again” is simply a symptom of this disconnect between technology and our brains.

- Doc

[Kishkumen]

The kid was an accelerationist. A lot of young men like this, young men who feel left behind or unrooted to our America, to this culture, have a strong desire to ‘see it all burn down’ and live a simple life, with a wife and family. Because that life appears to them to be out of reach, they discuss accelerating us to an apocalyptic event of some sort. In fact, a not insignificant number of those are nihilists who want the utter destruction of mankind because of their deep alienation and dissatisfaction with reality.

Considering what we’ve seen over the last-30 years, I don’t believe our brains are wired for a technocracy, so a lot of people are rebelling against it. “Make America Great Again” is simply a symptom of this disconnect between technology and our brains.

- Doc

Intriguing insights, DocCam.

[Some Schmo]

Considering what we’ve seen over the last-30 years, I don’t believe our brains are wired for a technocracy, so a lot of people are rebelling against it. “Make America Great Again” is simply a symptom of this disconnect between technology and our brains.

I completely agree with this. I've been saying for a while that making computers accessible to everyone rather than just the people savvy enough to use them for science or advanced business was a mistake. There's way too much information out there to process, so people are going to gravitate to what they think they understand and are misinformed.

Facebook may prove to be the catalyst to ending the American experiment.

[Kishkumen]

I completely agree with this. I've been saying for a while that making computers accessible to everyone rather than just the people savvy enough to use them for science or advanced business was a mistake. There's way too much information out there to process, so people are going to gravitate to what they think they understand and are misinformed.

Facebook may prove to be the catalyst to ending the American experiment.

Don't take away my drug of choice, man!

[Some Schmo]

Don't take away my drug of choice, man!

No worries, sir. The cat's already out of the bag.

ETA: Or the toothpaste is already out of the tube... or whatever the correct idiom is for this situation.

[Dwight]

Derail: I work in iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV development. I regularly re-watch Steve Jobs introducing the iPhone. "A telephone, a widescreen iPod, an internet communication device." I laugh at how much the first two were the only ones people initially cared about, and how completely the third has changed the world. I honestly do not think Trump would be president without Twitter, and Twitter would not have been Twitter without the iPhone.

[Res Ipsa]

The kid was an accelerationist. A lot of young men like this, young men who feel left behind or unrooted to our America, to this culture, have a strong desire to ‘see it all burn down’ and live a simple life, with a wife and family. Because that life appears to them to be out of reach, they discuss accelerating us to an apocalyptic event of some sort. In fact, a not insignificant number of those are nihilists who want the utter destruction of mankind because of their deep alienation and dissatisfaction with reality.

Considering what we’ve seen over the last-30 years, I don’t believe our brains are wired for a technocracy, so a lot of people are rebelling against it. “Make America Great Again” is simply a symptom of this disconnect between technology and our brains.

- Doc

Interesting, Doc. I haven't been following information dribbling out about the shooter. Is there anything specific that caught your eye?

[Morley]

Derail: I work in iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV development. I regularly re-watch Steve Jobs introducing the iPhone. "A telephone, a widescreen iPod, an internet communication device." I laugh at how much the first two were the only ones people initially cared about, and how completely the third has changed the world. I honestly do not think Trump would be president without Twitter, and Twitter would not have been Twitter without the iPhone.

So, Dwight, it’s your fault we’re in this mess…

[ceeboo]

The kid was an accelerationist. A lot of young men like this, young men who feel left behind or unrooted to our America, to this culture, have a strong desire to ‘see it all burn down’ and live a simple life, with a wife and family. Because that life appears to them to be out of reach, they discuss accelerating us to an apocalyptic event of some sort. In fact, a not insignificant number of those are nihilists who want the utter destruction of mankind because of their deep alienation and dissatisfaction with reality.

Considering what we’ve seen over the last-30 years, I don’t believe our brains are wired for a technocracy, so a lot of people are rebelling against it. “Make America Great Again” is simply a symptom of this disconnect between technology and our brains.

- Doc

Interesting, Doc. I haven't been following information dribbling out about the shooter. Is there anything specific that caught your eye?

Not sure if this is true, but I heard that a congressman (that was in a short briefing with the FBI) reported that the shooter had at least three encrypted overseas accounts. Not sure what kind of accounts, but if true?

[Morley]

Interesting, Doc. I haven't been following information dribbling out about the shooter. Is there anything specific that caught your eye?

Not sure if this is true, but I heard that a congressman (that was in a short briefing with the FBI) reported that the shooter had at least three encrypted overseas accounts. Not sure what kind of accounts, but if true?

Who was the congressman, Ceebs?