[HN Gopher] Keeping Secrets (2014)
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       Keeping Secrets (2014)
        
       Author : yamrzou
       Score  : 50 points
       Date   : 2024-08-12 14:27 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (stanfordmag.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (stanfordmag.org)
        
       | bell-cot wrote:
       | The Dept. of Unaccountable & Mysterious is too interested
       | protecting their perks, turf, and traditions - vs. the longer-
       | term welfare of the whole organization.
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       | Clever disrupters aren't automatically right ("Rule of Cool"?),
       | either.
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       | Timeless.
        
       | DoreenMichele wrote:
       | _Schwartz 's less-than-comforting informal advice: "If you are
       | prosecuted, Stanford will defend you. But if you're found guilty,
       | we can't pay your fine and we can't go to jail for you."_
       | 
       | My impression is that it sounds like a super polite version of
       | the Keanu Reeves movie _Chain Reaction_ or the Val Kilmer flick
       | _The Saint_ in which people in possession of world changing
       | knowledge must flee for their lives.
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       | Being "disruptive" has a reputation for making scads of money
       | these days. Perhaps people should stop and think about how it can
       | also make you enemies, make you a target, etc.
       | 
       | Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.
        
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