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dropoutcoder

Currently but maybe there’s another way

Too much at stake

Balance of power

God bless America

I’m concerned

Programmer geniuses often can’t see the forest for the trees

This one issue will have a profound impact on our ability to work towards a more civil society

Hopeful that the geniuses will be willing to work towards a better compromise rather than simply resist on theoretical principles

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>Programmer geniuses often can’t see the forest for the trees

Indeed, this is true. Likewise politicians often know nothing of how trees and forests actually work; and make absurd proposals which primarily serve their interests and pretend to care about a saving a few trees while endagering the entire forest.

Weakening everyone's security in order to weaken a small minority of criminals' security by default results in a net decrease in society's overall security

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