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Re:25 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds by Angostura on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @03:38AM (#19561530)
> I got up early this morning to look at the fog that had rolled across the city. Politicise that.

What are you doing to ensure that in 10 or 20 years time other people will be able to do the same? Your ability to look at the fog rolling across the city is the result of a finely balanced set of climatic factors. If it's something you cherish, it is something you should think about preserving.

> Some of us - on the other hand - believe that the fewer the vectors of political co-ercion there are - the better.

But you're happy to do nothing, other than hope that technology will fix it.

... Clearly I'm exaggerating to make a point, and I know nothing about your political beliefs, but I hope you understand the point that I'm making.

Re:25 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds by Pimpus on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @03:52AM (#19561597)
> What are you doing to ensure that in 10 or 20 years time other people will be able to do the same? Your ability to look at the fog rolling across the city is the result of a finely balanced set of climatic factors. If it's something you cherish, it is something you should think about preserving.

This is an ideology. People don't think this way, most of us just enjoy the view.

Re:25 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds by Angostura on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @11:18AM (#19564040)
> This is an ideology.

Well, the first part is science. The desire to preserve it for others may be an ideology. It certainly requires political action.

Re:25 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds by oraphalous on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @03:52AM (#19561600)
Read my edit in my post above... you are completely missing the point.
Re:25 Years Later: Interview with Linus Torvalds by Angostura on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @11:20AM (#19564055)
I'm not missing your point; I was responding to your challenge.

The point is that if you wish to continue the activity you enjoy, you may well need to be politically engaged.