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Cryptanalyst castrated by his government, 1952
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April 26, 2013, 09:28:45 PM |
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Good stuff, with occasional groaners such as: "its value has oscillated wildly as a result of hacking" or "the true flaw of this and any other virtual currency is that it can't deliver its users from the hazards and conflicts of the real human world" (whatever that means, compared to, say, Bernanke-bux).
He throws down an interesting gauntlet: "BTC embodies a kind of cyber-anarchism, the idea that the decentralized networks of the Internet will enable the idea of freedom from government which has eluded so many revolutionaries in the past, to be finally realized. It's a philosophy that shares the fatal illusion of anarchism in all its varieties, the notion that most human beings actually want freedom from government."
Refreshingly different from the clumsy "assault rifle stuffed with heroin" blather of late - a stiletto rather than a hatchet.
Well worth a listen. Thanks for the link, kiko.
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