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Richard Stallman's far fetched sounding examples become more and more true with each day
by sitzkrieg 4y ago
Richard Stallman's far fetched sounding examples become more and more true with each day
- RobotToaster 4y agoThe modern day Cassandra
- flangola7 4y agoWho?
- hidroto 4y agocassandra is a woman from a greek myth that was cursed to make prophecies that would always be true but no one would believe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra
- thaumasiotes 4y agoThat wouldn't be much of a curse. If you get to make whatever future you want, who cares whether anyone believes you in advance? Cassandra was just able to see the future (and no one would believe her). Tangentially, I think it's interesting that Greek mythology takes such a clear stand on the nature of time travel: it's possible, but history (past, present, or future) can't be altered. That is one of a couple of rival models in modern science fiction, and generally not a particularly popular one.
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- matheusmoreira 4y agoTrue. Whatever disagreement people may have with his free software movement, it's undeniable that the man saw far into the future. His "Right to Read" story always hits hard: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html It's frightening to watch this cyberpunk hellscape unfold.