Anon predicts the future - eviltoast
  • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
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    22 days ago

    Before the invention of video, humanity didn’t have video evidence either and still managed. We are approaching the end of a ~150 year time period in the history of humanity in which video evidence is persuasive.

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      22 days ago

      “Managed” in the sense that crimes could only really be resolved if you had witnesses, and “managed” in the sense that it was far more common for people to be wrongly convicted. Photo and video evidence are pretty crucial to having modern crime resolution rates.