I see a Russian RAAS (ransomware-as-a-service) cybercrime group has filed an SEC complaint against one of their victims for failing to publicly disclose a data breach. One of the things I’m most worried about for later part of 21st century, isn’t climate change or AI, or WW3, it’s that organised crime is the real exponential threat. The Cartels are operating intercontinental submarines, and Russian cybercriminals are co-opting federal agencies. Collective blackmail by enemy states is the basis of mutually assured destruction, but not sure how collective blackmail will pan out with transnational criminals? How do you cope with a “we will release our virus” type of blackmail, if the attack surface is as small as a crime group? Not good.

Imagine having 3.8 million square miles of land at your disposal, including 1 million square miles of lumber forest AND also having a housing crisis. At some point responsibility falls on the population for i). Voting for and ii). Tolerating that kind of thing. Have some self respect.