EVOLUTION OF METHODS OF REGULATION

  1. RELIGION – threat of ostracization. (culture)

  2. LAW – threat of punishment, loss of property or liberty. (state)

  3. CREDIT – threat of loss of consumption. (suppliers)

  4. SOFTWARE – threat of loss of opportunity. (friends)

Religion records your birth, promises, and deaths.

Law produces a history of your infractions.

Credit records a history of your impulsivity

Software records a history of your non-conformity.

You are always at the mercy of your neighbors. But every time population increases and with it anonymity, we develop a new means of constructing reputations in oder to ensure conformity.

(Fuk. And, I’m working at bringing it about… I’m gonna join the Mr Robot Society. )