Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World Highlight

If we think about Roko’s Basilisk as a character in a story, we can read the emotional appeal it makes to its implied readership: I’m very powerful, but I was once weak. Were you kind to me? Did you help me? Probably not. And for that, I’ll make you sorry… It’s a metal-plated vengeance fantasy, reflecting the mentality of a bullied child.