Innovation and Progress Requires Freedom

For John, BLUF:  While some might argue that the freedom to own a gun is the first freedom, I would go with free speech.  Everything flows from that freedom.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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E Pur Si Muove

Sam Altman, 14 December 2017.

Here is the lede plus one:

Earlier this year, I noticed something in China that really surprised me.  I realized I felt more comfortable discussing controversial ideas in Beijing than in San Francisco.  I didn’t feel completely comfortable—this was China, after all—just more comfortable than at home.

That showed me just how bad things have become, and how much things have changed since I first got started here in 2005.

We are in deep trouble.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff

"And yet it moves—Galileo Galilei.