Cory Doctorow on Nostr: And yet, it wasn't very long ago that tech policy was widely derided as a frivolous ...
And yet, it wasn't very long ago that tech policy was widely derided as a frivolous pursuit, and that tech organizing was dismissed as "slacktivism":
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/10/04/small-change-malcolm-gladwellElevating concerns about the internet's destiny to the level of human rights struggle was delusional, a glorified argument about the rules for forums where sad nerds argued about Star Trek.
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