1995-12-05 - The “Future” Fallacy
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From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 95 03:40:26 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: The "Future" Fallacy
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Bill Gates (like Mister Newt before him) committed what I call the Future
Fallacy in "The Road Ahead." Page 106.
"Soon any child old enough to use a computer will be able to transmit coded
messages that no government on earth will find easy to decipher."
DCF
"Term limits aren't enough. We need jail." -- PJ
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