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"Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won't leave you alone." - RMS


I have consistently found rms to be the most prescient tech voice. A lone prophet, if you will. He always bears careful thought in his vision of where tech and politics will play out - even if you disagree with him.


Who is RMS?



Richard Matthew Stallman


Thanks, the M was the missing link :)


See also: "Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you."

https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/pericles387116.h...


Ironically, not that I can compare to RMS, but my senior thesis in college (2003) was "the politics of information technology are disruptive to organizations". I had no idea then how much worse it would get.




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