I am puzzled to see this on HN. Maybe it is one of the "you have to be there to understand" moments. Lots of far reaching conclusions, hardly thought provoking. I expected "Coincidence? I do not think so!" at the end of it.

Did it twice before reading comments. 7 and than 3. Have no idea why. My wife just picked 7... Scary

Reddit-style thread?

Agree, it seems to me that an emphasis is on time production deployment takes rather than rollback vs fix

So, you answer is to let all the governments be more evil? Following the same logic, sweatshops should be made legal, so US can compete with China's cheep labor.

Do you really think that less secrecy equals less power? It is not the power I would want my government to have.

If I am in a room on a balcony and there is a key on a bridge (i.e. I cannot get the key without using matter magnet), then I am stuck. I cannot teleport and cannot get the key (to "clean the room") without matter magnets.