Yeah, but propelling them out of the solar system just sounds like the kind of fake-ending that ends up with the super villain coming back stronger in a decade. Have we learnt nothing from science fiction? You have to destroy your foes whilst you can.

Personal censorship has been around for a long time. People have always avoided saying things that others might view as weird or repulsive.

The true change is that everyday conversation is more monitored now than it ever has been before.

We have let insipidly authoritarian technology into our lives in an intimate way.

U Turn soon?

So true