On Jan 2, 2009, at 9:58 AM, Owen Densmore wrote:
> Bill Joy was ripped for his observation that new technologies are > almost certain to be misused, and suggested the knowledge be > guarded .. i.e. censored in some sense.
> Why the future doesn't need us
>
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy_pr.html
>
> His later talk was better received:
>
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/bill_joy_muses_on_what_s_next.html
> ...
I went back and read/looked at the two links above. This lead me to collect the article, along with several responses, into a single file, attached.
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AI'm struck how thoughtful he is, and his story about writing a book on the topic of the dangers of science and the proliferation of knowledge. It was during the writing of the book, in New York city, that 9/11 occurred.
Note: From our earlier discussions, I decided not to attach the document in its .rtf version, nor in .doc -- not all of us can read those. So, because the Browser is the Computer, its in html.
-- Owen
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