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A comment on Anil Dash's analysis of Sam Altman's free speach essay. Parent comment

Re:Anil Dash's analysis of Sam Altman's free speach essay by sowbug on Friday December 15, 2017 @10:17PM (#15937218)
Do you see the nearly perfect asymmetry between the first two paragraphs in your reply?

Why is it that Paragraph 1's suppression leads to an explosion of progress, but Paragraph 2's suppression is the only way to exterminate ideas you don't like?

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Re:Anil Dash's analysis of Sam Altman's free speach essay by mandevil on Friday December 15, 2017 @10:28PM (#15937276)
P1 is about suppression that has worked, very well, for pretty much all of human history. It is only losing a little bit of its effectiveness now.

Which is why I'm so sure that P2 is an effective strategy- because I've observed how well it works.

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Re:Anil Dash's analysis of Sam Altman's free speach essay by sowbug on Friday December 15, 2017 @10:47PM (#15937412)
I think you overestimate your understanding of human history. I am especially sure of this because you think something just changed.

I don't think you want a fairer game. You just want to win the current one.

Best of luck.

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