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"Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won't leave you alone." - RMS
by Futurebot 10y ago
"Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won't leave you alone." - RMS
- pnathan 10y agoI have consistently found rms to be the most prescient tech voice. A lone prophet, if you will. He always bears careful thought in his vision of where tech and politics will play out - even if you disagree with him.
- kowdermeister 10y agoWho is RMS?
- cuonic 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman
- kilotaras 10y agoRichard Matthew Stallman
- kowdermeister 10y agoThanks, the M was the missing link :)
- rhizome 10y agoSee also: "Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you." https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/pericles387116.html https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/pericles387116.h...
- sixdimensional 10y agoIronically, not that I can compare to RMS, but my senior thesis in college (2003) was "the politics of information technology are disruptive to organizations". I had no idea then how much worse it would get.