Charles Stross, 2013

Political failure modes and the beige dictatorship - Charlie’s Diary

Note that I totally disagree with Charlie, but I agree with Warren Ellis to quote it: when I read it in Charlie’s blog, I thought of tumbling it because the problem is so well delineated and well written. I didn’t do it because I found it too depressing at the moment.

Of course Charlie’s observation is right as any description of inertia force can be: it exists in any system. But IMHO it underestimates the power of the individual and the network effect in an interconnected world. If gangnam style can go around the world in one week, a movement of individuals, one by one, can also gain a tremendous momentum. We’ll see.