The computer can be used as a tool to liberate and protect people, rather than to control them.
– Hal Finney
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RIP Hal, and thank you.
Amen!
You can also extrapolate it to AI. Funny that it’s China’s models facilitating open source keeping up though. 😂
Great quote. Where did he say it?
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we need to bring the word of halfin to the brazilian crowd. all they want is to get rich, protect their cronies, and leave women out so they can bargain spouses later on from their bitcoin wealth
This guy was a real OG and is a legend.
I frequently have to use Hal's quote for people that believe technology is evil and is only good for controlling us.
Don't lie to yourself. It sucks life out of people. Our young are totally defenseless.
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I think about this quote often
Not when the government can override them when you are not looking or can’t fix. They have all the private sectors working for their stupid government people. Fuck these lawyers in the senate house. They gave all the money to make us slaves still.
Hal Finney and Nick Szabo both are creators of bitcoin.