Pravin Lal's speech stuck with me even more, it seemed prescient and relevant for how the mid/late-2000s and early 2010s played out. "As the Americans learned

Pravin Lal's speech stuck with me even more, it seemed prescient and relevant for how the mid/late-2000s and early 2010s played out. "As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constructing its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master."