It's tricky to design a service who has the data, but could then burn it to the ground securely. We adopt end-to-end encryption so that some data never exists, but metadata protection remains technically harder. We adopted certificate transperency so that the silverbacks set off alarms when they try man-in-the-middle attacks, but maybe the NSA manages anyways.
Peter Watts is too wise for us. That’s why no one is listening. (I’m a new fan, thanks to Hambone Littletail for spreading the word. Looking forward to reading his fiction.)
Whole talk is a scrambled mess of interesting ideas, 'shocking' observations bordering on digressions without really making any point. Also calling 3 cases a trend is a tinfoilhat thinking
Your comment doesn't really make any point. It's a bit of a scrambled mess. On the contrary the talk is a kind of collage of pictures. And each picture tells a thousand words as the saying goes. The talk speaks volumes. This man is not just highly intelligent but extremely insightful.
A friend asked me for a birthday present - 'Echopraxia' by Peter Watts. My friend is Russian, I checked the UA-cam and found this... Now I'm just wondering: is 'Echopraxia' the dark book mentioned? ))
No, it was his Starfish novel from Rifters Trilogy. It was one of his early works before he became a well known writer. It was published in russian after the sweeping success of of "Blindsight" with russian audience. I have read "Starfish" in both english and russian. I found russian version smoother yet somewhat lacking in character. I guess that is why your friend is asking for "Echopraxia" in english as a gift.
@@СергейФролов-х2т true. Too many scientific terms which definitions contain even more complex vocabulary. I'vw read Blindsight twice and Exopraxia once, both in russian. Looking forward to reread in original
Didn't realise this had been recorded, always pleased to see Peter giving a piece of his mind to the masses
It's tricky to design a service who has the data, but could then burn it to the ground securely. We adopt end-to-end encryption so that some data never exists, but metadata protection remains technically harder. We adopted certificate transperency so that the silverbacks set off alarms when they try man-in-the-middle attacks, but maybe the NSA manages anyways.
Peter Watts is too wise for us. That’s why no one is listening. (I’m a new fan, thanks to Hambone Littletail for spreading the word. Looking forward to reading his fiction.)
too dark for Dostoevsky
...peter fucking watts
Love how brazen Watts is in speaking his damn mind, which also is well founded by scientific rigour.
I'd like to know what Mr Watts role was in the altercation at the border. From what I've uncovered he had done nothing more than behave angelically.
I can't believe it has only 13k views by now :( Peter Watts has always like an unparalleled, underappreciated genius to me
This man is an utter gem. We are not worthy to be in his presence.
If intelligence really improved fitness more people would have it.
Interesting talk, although I wish we could see the slides he references...
Can you prove that bit at 4:35?
What bit exactly? "We *are* mammals"? Prove that we are mammals?
Whole talk is a scrambled mess of interesting ideas, 'shocking' observations bordering on digressions without really making any point. Also calling 3 cases a trend is a tinfoilhat thinking
nice try CIA
@@wrigleyextra11 lol
Your comment doesn't really make any point. It's a bit of a scrambled mess.
On the contrary the talk is a kind of collage of pictures. And each picture tells a thousand words as the saying goes.
The talk speaks volumes. This man is not just highly intelligent but extremely insightful.
Tell me his talk went over your head without telling me his talk went over your head.
depends heavily on your background
A friend asked me for a birthday present - 'Echopraxia' by Peter Watts. My friend is Russian, I checked the UA-cam and found this... Now I'm just wondering: is 'Echopraxia' the dark book mentioned? ))
No, it was his Starfish novel from Rifters Trilogy. It was one of his early works before he became a well known writer. It was published in russian after the sweeping success of of "Blindsight" with russian audience. I have read "Starfish" in both english and russian. I found russian version smoother yet somewhat lacking in character. I guess that is why your friend is asking for "Echopraxia" in english as a gift.
Oh, thank you for taking your time giving such a detailed answer! I'm not that into SF, however after your response, I might read the book myself.
it is realy fucking hard to read him in english
@@СергейФролов-х2т true. Too many scientific terms which definitions contain even more complex vocabulary. I'vw read Blindsight twice and Exopraxia once, both in russian. Looking forward to reread in original