1. The Free Crown Point (FCP) problem.
How are we going to keep the ever-advancing technologies of tomorrow from falling into the wrong hands? How helpless will we become to our own escalating innovations and hopelessly unpredictable negative creativity? Are we inadvertently providing future terrorists and megalomaniacs the necessary tools to enslave our civilization?
It is clear that if the current trend continues, we will eventually reach a
climax of exposure. I have dubbed it the Free Crown Point or FCP for short. It is the pending moment when someone has the technological capability to render themselves "Ruler of the Solar System." For instance, this could
happen when an inventor constructs and deploys the first self-replicating robot or other "enslavement-ready" device, such as a gigantic space-based laser
(SBL) or
mass driver,
designer pathogen,
nano-weapon, etc.
Given the relatively unlimited amount of material and energy in space, it is fair to say that our descendents will be inundated with "enslavement-ready" mechanisms. They will become virtually omnipresent over time.
Therefore, our emerging Age of Space Colonization will usher in an Age of Utter Defenselessness or AUD for short. The dictum will be, "whoever happens to possess the biggest and best technology dictates all the rules." It will be a precarious time where everyone will be at the mercy and pleasure of everyone else.
What practical methodologies and strategies can we set up to safeguard our cherished freedoms and civil liberties against this onslaught? What realistic options do we have available? The stakes couldn't be higher.
Mark Plain
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