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What would a world look like where all thoughts are public?



Dystopian because these are very high tech which naturally concentrates their use and abuse by the super rich nation states and corporations while the rest of humanity will be watched like caged animals with no scope for any kind of opt out or pushback.


There would be a pressing need to ban tin foil because uhhh it’s bad for the environment


* a LOT more weird porns

* we do not need passwords

* eventually, human will be more empathetic

* new educational system


> * we do not need passwords

Probably the opposite. All passwords are machine generated/stored. Everyone uses an HSM.



What would a world look like where all thoughts are public.

When all thoughts a public has is a good thought.

It would be a beautiful world.

So whats the first thing any innovation should bring upon us? being good, thinking good.

What would a world look like if all innovations does good to public?

People's thought become good.


You would still likely need sophisticated equipment to read them. Psycho-Pass explores some aspects of that question.


twitter on steroids.




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