Lol no . The fastest data transfer was when we did the apollo missions . A few hundred pounds of DNAfilled meat heading to the moon at tens of thousands of mph . On earth , though , the fastest data transfer is a swimming whale . <| sep |> I used to despise identity politics , believe it or not . I had views similar to yours I was always rightwing , but I punched my ' The Democrats are the REAL racists ', ' We have to unite people , not divide them ', ' Race is irrelevant ' cards on a regular basis . One problem with that is , you can be as individualistic as you like . But when the world gives you an identity and treats you accordingly , then you ' ve got an identity on your hands whether you like it or not . Rejecting identity politics doesn ' t help out here . iB 5 lirVJtwEAnd individualism leads to conflict as well ' one person looking after their own interests , and not others ' is a person more than willing to play people off each other or introduce strife for gain , or the hell of it . If you circle back and say , well , you may be an individual but you believe such impulses should be controlled then I think the same response is open to the identityhavers . If you can be an individual and not be automatically fomenting conflict with other people , then I think the identityhaving people can do the same . It ' s a challenge to overcome . But at heart , such identities are natural . Literally , since that ' s half the reason those identities rose in the first place . People , in general , fit in better among those like themselves , and ' like themselves ' overlaps with race and culture strongly . People naturally let things work out that way , which is why even when you go to the most ' diverse ' communities in America , you ' ll know damn well that you are now in ' asian town ' or even ' the part of asian town where it ' s all chinese '. I think the modern idea that that ' s a shame and we better move somalians into that neighborhood en masse because ' diversity is our strength ', is just insane .