Re:Google Engineers Refused to Build Security Tool to Win Mi...
by pixl97 on Friday June 22, 2018 @10:50AM
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>If the teacher really had the "hacker spirit" in teaching, the pupils will be too freethinking
This is the comment I was shooting at. I don't believe this. Instead I believe something far more terrifying.
"Society manages complexity by the occasional cull of the free thinker"
Lots of smart people can bring a lot of good change to a society and culture, but one needs to be very careful to think the majority of the population in that society will accept those changes, and the faster they occur, the more resentment builds. Suddenly you have politicians and activists pining for the 'good old days'. Suddenly a nice authoritarian figure pops up and tells the masses that he can fix all their problems. There are ample examples in history to see where this leads.
This is the comment I was shooting at. I don't believe this. Instead I believe something far more terrifying.
"Society manages complexity by the occasional cull of the free thinker"
Lots of smart people can bring a lot of good change to a society and culture, but one needs to be very careful to think the majority of the population in that society will accept those changes, and the faster they occur, the more resentment builds. Suddenly you have politicians and activists pining for the 'good old days'. Suddenly a nice authoritarian figure pops up and tells the masses that he can fix all their problems. There are ample examples in history to see where this leads.