From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Tue Apr 09 2002 - 22:20:10 MDT
"Damien R. Sullivan" wrote:
>
> On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 10:17:05PM -0700, David Lubkin wrote:
>
> > Justification aside, the press -- particularly big-name American press --
> > act like they have an absolute right to go anywhere and write about
> > anything. And by and large they get away with it. The consequences are
> > all-too-often deaths or ruined lives.
>
> The consequences of military action without public/press supervision is
> also all-too-often deaths or ruined lives.
Damien, I can only speak for myself, but I've finally reached the point
where I trust the press less than the military - whether it's US or Israeli.
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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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