"It’s hard to imagine a government that opposes creativity can permanently have the upper hand..." As a libertarian and privacy advocate, over the past decade

"It’s hard to imagine a government that opposes creativity can permanently have the upper hand..." As a libertarian and privacy advocate, over the past decade or two I've consistently seen folks try to warn the public over surveillance and anonymity problems. Most of the times, such warnings were laughed at. We got the usual tinfoil hat treatment. I think the basic problem is this: it is hard to imagine the internet turning out to be the curse it is becoming. After all, as the author noted, we are all free to make our hotel and restaurant reservations. I don't think people are stupid. I think when historians look back on the first years of the Internet explosion, the theme is going to be something like but nobody ever thought it could turn out like this