The article discusses the concept of 'decentralized and democratic, differential defensive acceleration' (d/acc), which aims to accelerate beneficial technologies while focusing on defensive and decentralizing technologies rather than those that concentrate power

The article discusses the concept of 'decentralized and democratic, differential defensive acceleration' (d/acc), which aims to accelerate beneficial technologies while focusing on defensive and decentralizing technologies rather than those that concentrate power. The author provides an example scenario in 2042 to illustrate how d/acc principles could be applied to pandemic response and prevention.