Re:When you give a tree an email address
by walterbell on Saturday July 11, 2015 @03:33PM
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Many modern laws were influenced by philosophers. While the language of computer scientists and philosophers may appear to be gibberish, they often influence laws with side effects on humans who may not understand the source jargon. When the laws for Internet of Things (including but not limited to huggable trees) are written, hopefully there will be diverse philosophies at the table, including classics like liberty, speech and privacy.
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> diverse philosophies at the table, including classics like liberty, speech and privacy.
'Speech' is hardly a philosophy, 'liberty' is deeply contested down to its core, and 'privacy' is, again, something you have or you don't, like speech.
I recall that Facebook allows a great granularity for my privacy!
> diverse philosophies at the table, including classics like liberty, speech and privacy.
Are you seriously claiming those philosophies are on a level with the gibberish you quoted, which may as well have come from Sokal?
> diverse philosophies at the table, including classics like liberty, speech and privacy.
Are you seriously claiming those philosophies are on a level with the gibberish you quoted, which may as well have come from Sokal?