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Even on HN there are a lot of equivocations and ambivalence about issues like this. If those of us who should know better can barely agree, how does the genpop stand a chance?

We are headed to a future where if you don't know how your systems work and control them yourself someone else will.



Practically speaking, nobody knows how their systems work and controls them top-to-bottom.

The inherent complexity of a modern computer outstripped that possibility ages ago. At best, you have a chain of trust you believe in.




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