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- Tor has done more harm than good for human rights - Alcohol does not make people more aggressive to a large extent. In the vast majority of clubs/festivals a

- Tor has done more harm than good for human rights - Alcohol does not make people more aggressive to a large extent. In the vast majority of clubs/festivals almost everybody is inebriated but violence is fairly rare (in my experience). (I'm a non-drinker btw so I have no horse in this race). - David Bowie's music is unremarkable. - We should keep Linux unpopular because the more users it gets, the more malware/spyware/advertising/telemetry it will attract. It is fine where it is now in terms of its userbase.

cowanon22 5y ago
> Tor has done more harm than good for human rights Sad but true - it seems like every technology that is made to promote free speech, anonymity, or non-centralization ultimately leads to bad actors using it and more authoritarian laws being passed. I'm not sure what the solution is.
- t-3 5y ago
  The solution is to do away with the source of authority; anarchy. Conveniently, this is also my answer to the question for this Ask.
threshold 5y ago
David Bowie’s music is of the type where you need to listen several times to a track before the hooks function. Also every album is quite different, so perhaps it’s just not for you but I would suspect if you gave it more of a chance you may change your mind. I love his music.
rufus_foreman 5y ago
>> David Bowie's music is unremarkable The Spiders from Mars music on the Ziggy album is remarkable. The remarkable role that Bowie played was as a connector. Some rock stars get lucky, get rich and famous, and then decide they are going to shoot up as much heroin as possible before they die. David Bowie got lucky and decided to use his fame to make the world a little bit closer to the way he wanted it to be. I never would have heard of Mark Ronson without Bowie, never would have heard of Brian Eno, might not have heard of Iggy Pop. Probably would have heard of Lou Reed but who knows. Those people made remarkable music. Bowie helped get them in the spotlight. But yeah, I haven't listened to "Let's Dance" in many years.

cowanon22 5y ago

> Tor has done more harm than good for human rights Sad but true - it seems like every technology that is made to promote free speech, anonymity, or non-centralization ultimately leads to bad actors using it and more authoritarian laws being passed. I'm not sure what the solution is.

t-3 5y ago
The solution is to do away with the source of authority; anarchy. Conveniently, this is also my answer to the question for this Ask.

threshold 5y ago

David Bowie’s music is of the type where you need to listen several times to a track before the hooks function. Also every album is quite different, so perhaps it’s just not for you but I would suspect if you gave it more of a chance you may change your mind. I love his music.

rufus_foreman 5y ago

>> David Bowie's music is unremarkable The Spiders from Mars music on the Ziggy album is remarkable. The remarkable role that Bowie played was as a connector. Some rock stars get lucky, get rich and famous, and then decide they are going to shoot up as much heroin as possible before they die. David Bowie got lucky and decided to use his fame to make the world a little bit closer to the way he wanted it to be. I never would have heard of Mark Ronson without Bowie, never would have heard of Brian Eno, might not have heard of Iggy Pop. Probably would have heard of Lou Reed but who knows. Those people made remarkable music. Bowie helped get them in the spotlight. But yeah, I haven't listened to "Let's Dance" in many years.