alt Hacker News> serious in a techno-accelerationist manner, specifically around anticircumvention laws
So not serious as a policy proposal but serious for playing to his base. Got it. Disappointing coming from him. But I guess we all have to tend to our power.
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alephnerd • today at 7:21 AM
Yep, but I think Cory truly believes this stuff deep down.
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jrflowers • today at 8:56 AM
> serious for playing to his base. Got it. Disappointing coming from him. But I guess we all have to tend to our power.
What “power” does this blogger/sci-fi writer have? Who is “his base”? What responsibility to affect meaningful trade regulation did he abdicate when he said a thing you didn’t agree with?
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As much as I tire of Doctorow's style, I feel you have a level of pessimism that would prevent anyone from trying anything innovative.