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I'd wager that we're all more qualified to talk about tech topics than political ones, which is what leads to emotion and bad arguments.
by flashman 10y ago
I'd wager that we're all more qualified to talk about tech topics than political ones, which is what leads to emotion and bad arguments.
- chris_wot 10y agoThat's not what Aaron Schwartz thought. But bravo dang, your timing could not be better given your blackout will be in effect on the anniversary of his death. That will put paid to all that pesky politics around freedom, innovation, abuses of power and ignorance by those in high office of all persuasions. Next thing I know, anything related to GNU, feminism in tech, policy discussions around encryption, the necessity of the space program, censorship or any of the hundreds of "political" topics will be killed off. It seems to me that HN are of the opinion that they must infantilise the reader and that any robust debate, no matter how well reasoned, will be cut off.
- tomhoward 10y agoAaron Swartz died on January 11.