Tag: <span>Bradley Harrington</span>

Tag: Bradley Harrington

Smashing the Omnipotent State

By Bradley Harrington  “The Internet, our greatest tool for emancipation, has been transformed into the most dangerous facilitator of totalitarianism we have ever seen.” — Julian Assange, “Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet,” 2012 — Many of us free-thinking types, back in the 1990s, believed that the rise …

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Off Into the Wild Blue Yonder

By Bradley Harrington  “Cyberspace … Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding …” — William Gibson, “Neuromancer,” 1984 — Every now and then, back when I was a young child, our family would head out of …

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ENDOW: Kiss Your Job Goodbye

By Bradley Harrington  “A committee is the only known form of life with a hundred bellies and no brain.” — Robert Heinlein, “Methuselah’s Children,” 1958 — Wyoming’s “Economically Needed Diversity Options for Wyoming” (ENDOW) bill was signed into law by Gov. Matt Mead back on March 3, and — now, …

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