"So: in the 1800s you wouldn’t steal because God would smite you, in the 1900s you didn’t steal because the State would punish you, but in the 2000s you can’t steal because the Network won’t let you. Either the social network will mob you, or the cryptocurrency network won’t let you steal because you lack the private key, or (eventually) the networked AI will detect you, or all of the above."
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2022/07/balaji-srinivasans-the-network-state.html#comments Repent ye, repent for the end is nigh
