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Re:Governments Turn to Commercial Spyware to Intimidate Diss... by mtgx on Monday May 30, 2016 @11:15AM (#11801672)
In a way, it's for the same reason people don't think EVs or solar power will dominate. They look too much at what is currently happening or has happened in the (recent) past, and think that's how things will always be.

The HN types tend to be more informed about what's currently possible with technology and have a better understanding of where this can lead to in the future. "Normal" people don't have that going for them, so for them it's "strange" that you would say such things.

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Re:Governments Turn to Commercial Spyware to Intimidate Diss... by rdiddly on Monday May 30, 2016 @12:46PM (#11802061)
Not a good example, because the actual barriers to EVs and solar power are that they depend too _much_ on what's happening now, i.e. existing fossil-fuel-powered industrial infrastructure.
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