As I suspect the &quot;unique digital exhaust&quot; tracking problem will only get worse as machine learning improves, sometimes a proper Butlerian Jihad seems like the only solution. So I remind myself often that such an extreme solution can always happen later, so there&#x27;s no excuse not to fight for a better solution in the meantime.<p>When faced with a very difficult task, there is a tendency in humans to feel helpless and unable to affect any meaningful change. This quickly spirals into a nasty form of learned helplessness. This feedback loop can lead to a nihilistic attitude. If you can&#x27;t win, why bother trying. Even Feynman succumbed to this problem[1] after the Manhattan Project.<p>One thing I do know about the people trying to put the General Purpose Computer back in it&#x27;s bottle, and the people who are so terrified of their fellow citizens they create a surveillance state to try to preserve their status quo: every person that succumbs to a defeatist or nihilistic attitude is one less person is one less person standing in their way.<p>[1] <i>sigh</i> - it seems the BBC took down the video I had bookmarked. ( <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Bgaw9qe7DEE#t=1114" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Bgaw9qe7DEE#t=1114</a> ). A quick search found the video at dailymotion (jump to 18:34 for the comment I&#x27;m referencing): <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dailymotion.com&#x2F;video&#x2F;x24gwgc_richard-feynman-the-pleasure-of-finding-things-out_news" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dailymotion.com&#x2F;video&#x2F;x24gwgc_richard-feynman-the...</a>