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It's why I spit (virtually) upon posters who defend Google's actions towards Damore, and Twitter and YouTube's actions to deplatform people.
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Fair warning.
If Barlow doesn't deserve the HN black bar, I don't know who does. He fought for electronic freedoms tirelessly for decades, fending off companies who wanted to control the Internet or individuals' rights to hack technology they own.
Yeah, HN needs to put a black bar on for JPB.
His Keynote was incredibly relevant. I highly recommend giving it a watch: https://youtu.be/1mrmOrUsbGI
Such a loss. Who is the thought leader today to push back on the huge curtailment of online freedoms happening around the world. Even in the HN crowd, you see people succumbing to nationalism and making arguments to support their government's right to impose their court decisions on foreign jurisdictions in cyberspace. The problem isn't just the Great Firewall, it's stuff like Turkey or Thailand getting YouTube to ta…
Among others, the 2600 crew are still carrying that torch.
Such a loss. Who is the thought leader today to push back on the huge curtailment of online freedoms happening around the world. Even in the HN crowd, you see people succumbing to nationalism and making arguments to support their government's right to impose their court decisions on foreign jurisdictions in cyberspace. The problem isn't just the Great Firewall, it's stuff like Turkey or Thailand getting YouTube to ta…
> There's no leader really standing up and affirming the philosophical dream of the independence of cyberspace, as a place where people can gather freely to transact in virtual ways however they want. Among others, the 2600 crew are still carrying that torch.
JPB on meeting a partner on an evening when he was due to roast Steve Jobs at a NeXT Expo. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/74/transcript#act3