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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Samantha! Where the heck ya been, me lass? You post about once or twice a decade, then we never hear nothin’ at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Welcome, our friend from a long time ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Samantha Atkins<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 26, 2016 7:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] he said what????<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The governments of the world, including in the US, have been putting out fake news for decades. Pretending it is a big new deal now and especially suggesting that government be empowered to "fix" it is absurd. Nothing will replace a discerning pan-critical mind. Governments want power over media as always but especially over this internet thing that they see as hard to control. Beware. What they are really after is far worse than "fake news". <br><br>- samantha<br><br>spike wrote:<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>You know this will be huge. Fake news will be practically <br>indistinguishable from real. We can make anyone appear to say anything:<br><br><a href="https://singularityhub.com/2016/12/24/think-tech-is-blurring-fact-and-fantasy-just-wait/?utm_source=Singularity+Hub+Newsletter&utm_campaign=7456354a43-Hub_Daily_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f0cf60cdae-7456354a43-57458369">https://singularityhub.com/2016/12/24/think-tech-is-blurring-fact-and-fantasy-just-wait/?utm_source=Singularity+Hub+Newsletter&utm_campaign=7456354a43-Hub_Daily_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f0cf60cdae-7456354a43-57458369</a> <br><<a href="https://singularityhub.com/2016/12/24/think-tech-is-blurring-fact-and-fantasy-just-wait/?utm_source=Singularity+Hub+Newsletter&utm_campaign=7456354a43-Hub_Daily_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f0cf60cdae-7456354a43-57458369">https://singularityhub.com/2016/12/24/think-tech-is-blurring-fact-and-fantasy-just-wait/?utm_source=Singularity+Hub+Newsletter&utm_campaign=7456354a43-Hub_Daily_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f0cf60cdae-7456354a43-57458369</a>><br><br>spike<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>extropy-chat mailing list<br><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat">http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></body></html>