[HN Gopher] Stewart Brand Says He's Still an Optimist
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       Stewart Brand Says He's Still an Optimist
        
       Author : gk1
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2022-11-05 12:33 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
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       | forgotmypw17 wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/Ghoqp
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       | http://web.archive.org/web/20220323141142/https://www.nytime...
        
       | newaccount2021 wrote:
        
       | birdyrooster wrote:
       | So Bezos has too much money basically is what I got from this.
        
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         | mlyle wrote:
         | I think Bezos funding the Long Now's clock is such an odd take
         | to select from this article.
        
       | seltzered_ wrote:
       | For conversation, it's worth noting a recent critique of Stewart
       | Brand here:
       | https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/126_the_real_legacy_of_s...
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       | Also worth noting Brand in his younger days was actually rather
       | concerned about issues of overpopulation (and likely population
       | pressure too), he's excerpted in the Ray Offenheiser PBS
       | documentary about Norman Borlaug and 'the green revolution':
       | https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/green-r...
        
         | pencilguin wrote:
         | Population pressure disproportionately harms the poor. This is
         | still a big deal in Africa, where Nigeria is likely to have a
         | billion people in a few years. Providing education to girls so
         | they can later support themselves better is the most effective
         | on-site method known to reduce that suffering, and also cuts
         | population pressure where it is harmful.
         | 
         | I have strictly more complaints about John Markoff.
         | 
         | He is personally responsible for, e.g., Kevin Mitnick not being
         | allowed to use the telephone while in prison, out of trumped up
         | fear he could hack with it.
        
       | MichaelZuo wrote:
       | All the really productive people I've met in life were optimists
       | regardless of their personal or external circumstances.
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       | So it's not surprising that Stewart Brand is as well.
        
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