From: Robin Hanson (rhanson@gmu.edu)
Date: Mon Dec 04 2000 - 12:15:44 MST
Hal Finney wrote:
>Personally, I consider the ideas Brin is pushing to be significant
>threats to the values which are most important to me. I don't want to
>demonize the guy, but based strictly on his current writings I have to
>view him as an enemy. I hope people can see past the smiling face and
>jokey writing style to recognize the importance and seriousness of the
>issues he is raising. David Brin is a dedicated and sincere ideological
>warrior who is fighting a long-term, well-planned campaign to use his
>writing skills to influence public opinion.
I view Brin as the opposite of an enemy. Brin is IMHO what we
need much more of: he is smart, thoughtful, articulate, eager for
criticism, a consequentialist on policy, and takes seriously the
technologies we envision. I might disagree with Brin on some details
of privacy policy, but those are far from fundamental issues for me.
Robin Hanson rhanson@gmu.edu http://hanson.gmu.edu
Asst. Prof. Economics, George Mason University
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