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Shiningbrow
Aéius Cercle the Source-Borne
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Cyberpunk 2077 was not simply a game - it was a way to warm people up.
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I waited a few months for those glitches to get sorted out before I dove in.
Yeah, it was good. I certainly enjoyed it. (Only did one playthrough so far, so not sure about other endings, or other character creation options).
One of the main themes was corporations controlling everything, and everyone was basically trackable and traceable - and, naturally, easy to cut off from 'the system'.
Along with the cybernetics (and glitches!), single digital currency, etc etc.
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Digital ID is not the problem. People not owning their ID is.
On planet Earth, no human owns his or her ID. Nobody ever did. The ID actually is a certificate that states who your owner is. I'm not speaking about the birth certificate. You have a number, like cattle gets a number. You even use that number in order to be "socially secure". But it's not about you. With that number, your owner is insured against the potential damage you could bring about.
In contrast, a self-owned or self-souvereign ID would be connected to a voluntary insurance based on informed consent. You would cover your insurence yourself, and most importantly, you would understand what it means and why it's important. But sadly, most people on planet Earth don't understand, because the authorities do it for them, like parents do it for their children. Most people don't know what needs to be changed.
So, it doesn't matter wether your ID is digital or a certificate written on paper – what matters is wether you want to own yourself. The digital ID that's coming doesn't prevent you owning yourself. You can do that whenever you want.
In the same way, digital currency is not the problem, but people not owning the currency is. How would people own the currency? Can you prevent a seizure of your bank account? Can you prevent unwanted inflation? When you can, you own the money. Has nothing to do with digital or not.
" You even use that number in order to be "socially secure". But it's not about you. With that number, your owner is insured against the potential damage you could bring about."
I presume you're American, because you're evaluating things from a very American perspective.
I don't have a Social Security Number. I don't have one single number that can be used to identify me solely (but, I do have a number that can be used, if I choose it to... or a different number...or other ways).
I don't have a number that relates to insurance the way you are suggesting...
Owning the currency is completely irrelevant if you get cut off from it. And, even if you do own your currency, what's to stop the rest of the world from no longer accepting it?
Having access to currency is largely irrelevant. Having access to the goods and services you need is what's important - and the best way to do that is have other goods, services, knowledge that people are willing to give you (whatever) for. Because, if that super solar flare hits Earth, and everything electrical gets fried, most money won't even exist.
"I presume you're American"
I'm not.
"I don't have a Social Security Number."
Then you are living in a country where it's called differently. Also, you not having it doesn't mean that there's no number assigned to you.
"Owning the currency is completely irrelevant if you get cut off from it."
The mere possibility of getting cut off from it means that you don't own it.
"And, even if you do own your currency, what's to stop the rest of the world from no longer accepting it?"
Nobody burns money that already works.
"Having access to currency is largely irrelevant. [...] Because, if that super solar flare hits Earth..."
The purpose of money is not to survive a solar flare, but to make an economy that's built on division of labor working for everybody. If Earth is grilled by whatever, that type of economy isn't a priority – instead, survival and bartering becomes a priority until the economy can be recovered.
Elemi
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