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The world isn't run by weapons anymore, or energy, or money. It's run by little ones and zeroes, little bits of data. It's all just electrons.
— Cosmo · Sneakers
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The speaker argues that real power has moved away from guns, fuel and cash. In their view, the world now runs on streams of ones and zeroes, and everything reduces to electrons. The claim is a blunt, slightly ominous statement about who controls information.
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