[44773] in Cypherpunks
Re: The "Future" Fallacy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (blancw@accessone.com)
Wed Dec 6 02:33:27 1995
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 95 23:24:26 PST
From: blancw@accessone.com
To: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Duncan Frissell
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."
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Billg is an optimist.
What's wrong with this picture, Duncan?
..
Blanc
