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Richard Stallman's Political Notes

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Net of a Million Lies

mercredi 9 novembre 2016 à 01:00

The fictional Net of a Million Lies has become real, and the filter bubble has made serious politican discourse almost ineffective.

Debt-based currency

mercredi 9 novembre 2016 à 01:00

Arguing that debt-based currency must be abolished because it requires countries to run unsustainable economic growth.

I am not sure this argument is conclusive. I think it would be possible to run some continued economic growth in a sustainable way, although that is not how it's being done at present.

But the idea of changing the monetary system might have other advantages such as reducing the concentration of wealth.

Ultrasonic tracking

mercredi 9 novembre 2016 à 01:00

Utrasound beacons (actually, speakers that humans can't hear) allow surreptitious connections to malicious apps on phones.

Rather than looking at how to regulate these beacons, which would limit only those that don't think they can get away with breaking regulations, I think it would be wiser to modify a phone's operating system to filter out all ultrasound so nothing can use it.

Encroachments by Beijing

mercredi 9 novembre 2016 à 01:00

China banned the two pro-independence legislators from taking office in Hong Kong's legislature.

This confirms that the legislature is just a rubber stamp for Chinese power.

China is also repressing Hong Kong's book publishing.

Freedom of speech

mercredi 9 novembre 2016 à 01:00

Many laws restrict freedom of speech in Australia.