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Published · transcript-backedAndy Weir: belief
20 Dec 2017 Conversations with Tyler Andy Weir on the Economics of Sci-Fi and Space
“I think the first thing . . . Once again, for me, it always comes down to the tech and the details.”
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- Andy Weir
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- 20 Dec 2017
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…How do you think through the equilibrium there? Could you imagine nation states become stronger? They require all individuals be tagged in some way. If you appear in a territory and you’re not tagged, the drones come; they strike you down immediately. Is it possible you’d have less mobility, because you would invest up front in this tagging technology? I think the first thing . . . Once again, for me, it always comes down to the tech and the details. However this tunnel system works, the first thing that countries would try to do is say, “Can I build a shield, such that you can’t make a tunnel into here?” [laughs] Yeah. But say you can actually make the tunnel. You may be vulnerable when you appear —…
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