[49145] in Cypherpunks
Re: [NOISE] Futplex makes the news!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Young)
Sat Feb 3 22:00:05 1996
From: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 21:57:27 -0500
To: lmccarth@cs.umass.edu
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
Lewis,
Take heart and wisdom from this experience of being caught
up in public events. Being used, and abused, by
institutions for their impersonal, otherwordly, purposes.
Public disputes are like that, when your personal
advocacies are distorted, twisted back in unexpected forms
in assault on your seemingly impregnable position.
Well done for this foray. But be prepared for shrewd
opposition again as you continue behaving responsibly
to challenge the day's short-sighted conventional wisdom.
I think you shouldn't worry about thesis advisors, the
thoughtful ones will understand your action and its
underlying principles. They may be less daring and more
cautious than you -- such is the burden of maturity -- but
I suspect they will admire your audacity, and remember when
they did the same in younger days when public disputes
seemed more alluring and tractable -- as I do.
Thanks much.
John
