-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/30/2015 05:53 PM, Juan wrote:
On Tue, 30 Jun 2015 08:16:36 -0500 Troy Benjegerdes <hozer@hozed.org> wrote:
Now what's wrong with the story David Brin's been selling at http://www.davidbrin.com/transparentsociety.html
apart from the spam, what's the 'theory'? The tools used by nazi governments, especially the americunt nazi government are going to be used to 'limit' the power of government? Please.
"Brin consults and speaks for a wide variety of groups interested in the future, ranging from Defense Department agencies and the CIA to Procter & Gamble, SAP, Google and other major corporations. "
Brin snagged my real attention when he opened with a quote from John Brunner's 'The Shockwave Rider.' But I only skimmed the relevant text on his website because it was all so familiar. I'm surprised I never ran into this aspect of his writing before. A freelance Wizard follows more or less where patronage is available; if his work product is any good it is, in and of itself, morally neutral and will tend to enable good faith actors, if any, to make better decisions. That said, I personally won't work for "defense" contractors because I do have a personal problem with mass murder and such, and in today's political climate there's no denying that all roads lead to coercive force in the commercial interest. :o/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJVkxm1AAoJEDZ0Gg87KR0L9C4P/1A3b+X3aFhXZLvsOaAEDeQj rdZac9MFr1XdTrjPAODcWQtsx4QMCzlb2yMNeRkbHdlAwJfG/xd230t3XzeTkp30 wg1CeGK6ZmwJKLV5Dce5usjcAvONdfSA9VLWnjLRoJ17RQU4PSAmyfy4bE7pFrxG XfOmZnBH0vau6guUmzFJoEv2CBDWP0VQvfdQlxTjNl4pL5riZjv5Q3qJuFN+CpUH Qaqo/iMoWv+6ODXQZh108ve5qsSBkqy6mjXZ9aIzp/MgmX7z0PyTo+DHFLkXgmjU y1IQahlYCS8tbV9Urn1Ep9xqDwEOfyC2OAwKCUATBfU8kj6GKRCdobYet14lHo5I /dGydMV2cYUj/1dC3qnQLimjcxHR6d9WbQh4XjBbIpb8TAR8c/uoGaII98LZP0Go cQmM3rsBajdosvxNGEoNgSq8iWbgegXQIh/+gVJdjTQDKqtvpxcpA9Ge7TeaPySB DpIbqjf2RK4xkjJF3fIMumWWLNUsItMH8tfTwylA3uVxDHJEOKa6EATv1pkXB6KB qcA7puST5pv5ZvC4j8TYewyFC3BGZVRTcS9lA+Mowow7eSpk4hPI/f8uCwawsAtG 2xwRMm/jlFBJtadqVrqwJH0yS3XBg455OTGv1DzNe4iA0Q17JD25ajJF09pypUin mpMOHjMS4wISz575rFXQ =/hUS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----