[ExI] calling for our exi computer security hipsters, was: RE: Donald Trump

[Adrian Tymes]

On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 6:30 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

>  *From:* extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Anders Sandberg
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] calling for our exi computer security hipsters, was:
> RE: Donald Trump
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> >…My suggestion is that the key part is safeguarding the open society. …
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> Ja squared.  Cubed.
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> >…Help build solid legal and technical protections for journalists…
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> Both our major candidates have expressed disdain for the news media in
> very explicit terms.  One arranged for a guy on probation to go to prison
> for posting a video to YouTube.  The quote, now denied but confirmed
> independently by four witnesses was “We will find the guy who made that
> video and punish him.”
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I wonder...what if some high political candidate, such as that John fellow
that Spike keeps pushing, were to adopt as a platform plank, "I can not
trust the government I would rule any more than you have been able to trust
them.  So for my own operations' sake, I would establish greater freedoms
for the press, and trust them to keep my cronies honest because keeping
them in line is a much bigger job than I could do by myself."

Aside from its effects if implemented (assuming the guy won), how much free
press would such a candidate get from journalists looking out for their own
interests?

Spike, do you think you could get John to start promoting this?
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