In the late twenty-fourth century, zero trust is not just an IT security strategy: it’s the way of
life now. Taken to the next level, the post-truth concept reigns supreme. Everything is
relative; everything depends on perspective.
Not the lust for power, though. Not the deep, primal need to control another human being,
to override their will with your own. It’s amazing how deeply it has always been ingrained in
every aspect of human civilisation. Now, when everything else has been ...
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In the late twenty-fourth century, zero trust is not just an IT security strategy: it’s the way of
life now. Taken to the next level, the post-truth concept reigns supreme. Everything is
relative; everything depends on perspective.
Not the lust for power, though. Not the deep, primal need to control another human being,
to override their will with your own. It’s amazing how deeply it has always been ingrained in
every aspect of human civilisation. Now, when everything else has been stripped away, it
comes to the fore.
And of course, there remains fear – of the unknown, when everything new and unfamiliar
seems evil by default; or of being casually discarded and crushed by the millstones of the
system.
There must be another way. Fear makes slaves, and power makes masters. If that is all there
is to the civilisation – if respect, honour, compassion, friendship, and love are being
sidelined or weaponised – then even if technology can make humans live for centuries
without ageing physically, this kind of life is not worth living. This is the story of those who
try to find – or build – an alternative.
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