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What this case demonstrates is that the fantasy of government-free tech is just that, a fantasy. Governments are going to be increasingly involved in issues tha
by matthewdgreen 7y ago
What this case demonstrates is that the fantasy of government-free tech is just that, a fantasy. Governments are going to be increasingly involved in issues that only techies used to care about, and it behooves us to make sure that involvement is as benign as possible.
- Apocryphon 7y agoThis should’ve been clear to everyone from the get go, when research into electronic computers began during WWII under the aegis of military codebreaking.
- rsthjrsthrs 7y agoRealistically it's too late for that. Industries that want to be apolitical need to actually behave apolitically, one look at the circus of blatantly political employee activism at google and other big companies demonstrates that tech can't be trusted to be adult enough to accomplish that goal.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> Industries that want to be apolitical Industries, pretty much without exception, don't want that.