Re: Uploading news item

From: Zero Powers (zero_powers@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed May 17 2000 - 16:02:40 MDT


>From: "Michael S. Lorrey" <mike@datamann.com>
>
>"Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" wrote:
>
> > > Reidenberg is not impressed: "The notion that it's "permission
>marketing
> > > only' is a hoax. There's no way a citizen in our society can make an
> > > intelligent, informed decision about the risks of these implants,
>which
> > > would be sold through very sophisticated marketing by organizations
>with
> > > large economic interests whose goals are not to promote the public
>interest.
> > > That's a very scary vision for a democratic society.
> >
> > Oh, I just love this. "There's no way a citizen in our society can make
> > an intelligent, informed decision..." Who asked you, Neanderthal
>technophobe?
>
>No kidding. Its part of the whole "people are no damn good" mentality
>again. Whats scary is that people who think this way run our
>government and control our media.

Its been said that people get the government they deserve. If that is true,
pointing out the flaws in government is really highlighting the flaws in the
governed.

-Zero

"I like dreams of the future better than the history of the past"
--Thomas Jefferson

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