In the US, (nearly) full electrification wasn't achieved until the late 1940's/early 1950's - a process of nearly a century. (A moment of personal trivia, my great grandfather worked on crews electrifying rural areas of the midwest.)

Amusingly, (locally generated) LLM text becomes an anonymity mask in those scenarios.

Even pre-existing insurance denials could return in the US.

Don't let systems record what they don't need. They aren't your friend.

There is no trust in a Dr's office. What they record gets handed to companies who have interests adversarial to yours. Basically like talking to the police. If you, as a patient, think an automated recording is helping you long term, you are naive.

Hiding the network always ends in pain. But never goes out of style.

Adding to that, if the supreme court continues to make realistic federal administration harder by tearing down executive rule making authority and requiring more explicit Congressional rule making (which can't scale in our current system), we'll continue to see less stable and predictable federal regulatory actions - which might further compel the states to step in...

But where will States raise the taxes to make this happen? While the federal government seems willing to do less (in terms of classic liberalism policies), it certainly isn't reducing its spending.

And how will States defend themselves from federal intrusion if they do start to claim more of their power - will we see armed stand-offs between national and state forces?

https://www.mainepublic.org/climate/2026-04-07/maine-legisla....

https://www.maine.gov/energy/initiatives/renewable-energy/so...

Here are some examples:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/feb/...

https://frontofficesports.com/lawsuit-says-draftkings-vip-pr...

Betting platforms assign highly profitable customers "concierges" who reach out and prompt them to gamble, offer incentives, and work to keep them betting. It's insidious and wrong - the platforms actively identify and take advantage of addicts.

For most, a lottery ticket or an online bet is just buying entertainment - not much different from a movie ticket or steam game. Turns out, though, this majority isn't the target customer; we're just the top of the funnel as these platforms algorithmically search for personalities they can abuse, rob, and financially destroy.