CYPHERPUNK considered harmful

[Bill Stewart]

>I haven't seen anyone advocating the "watering down" of any so-called
>"teachings" to "hide" any "true potential".  The only thing that people
>have mentioned is that some of the less clueful out there have a knee
>jerk response to the name "cypherpunk".  That's all.

At least early on, back when we were getting our 15 kilobytes of fame
on the front covers of WiReD and the NYT magazine section, the name
appeared to be useful for getting attention; Tim and Eric were getting
occasional quotes in the mundane press, as was John Gilmore who has
had longer-term relationships with some of the press through his
other activities.  Maybe the NYT isn't the paragon of respectability
that it once was.....
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