While describing how free speech would flourish under tyrannical governments on the internet, he does not admit the obvious possibility that what may seem like free speech is just an illusion. Texts could be altered or removed altogether unbeknownst to the public. In his disease argument, he claims “we can fluidly shift into a self-quarantined society in which microbes fail due to host scarcity” (Eagleman). With this sentence, he suggests that the complete societal suspension would be an easy thing to accomplish. Based on these observations, it is easily agreeable that Eagleman underestimates the variables and complications that a doomsday would
While describing how free speech would flourish under tyrannical governments on the internet, he does not admit the obvious possibility that what may seem like free speech is just an illusion. Texts could be altered or removed altogether unbeknownst to the public. In his disease argument, he claims “we can fluidly shift into a self-quarantined society in which microbes fail due to host scarcity” (Eagleman). With this sentence, he suggests that the complete societal suspension would be an easy thing to accomplish. Based on these observations, it is easily agreeable that Eagleman underestimates the variables and complications that a doomsday would