Re: <nettime> Privacy, Moglen, @ioerror, #rp12

[Dmytri Kleiner <dk@telekommunisten.net>]

Hey Jaromil, nice to see the more friendly tone.

If you read any arrogance in my writing it is certainly unintentional, 
as I freely admit that I am thoroughly dilettantish theorist and claim 
no credentials or authority whatever, likewise for any perceived 
"attacks," I make none. Pointing out issues and limitations is not an 
attack, but simply analysis.

I also make no claims that my ideas are novel, new, cool, important or 
even interesting.

What I'm mostly interested in is if the arguments I'm making are 
correct or incorrect. If you, or anybody else, can explain how and why 
what I say is incorrect, I'm much obliged. If you have found an error, 
please help me and explain it.

However, I have read your email several times, and I'm still not able 
to understand your criticism, beyond a vague sense of displeasure and 
the now toned-down personal comments.

And since we're quoting Pink Floyd; I've got a bike, you can ride it if 
you like, it's got a basket, a bell, and rings and things to make it 
look good. I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it.

Best,

On 08.05.2012 11:10, Jaromil wrote:

> > In the meantime, we have many clever and dedicated people
> > contributing to inventing alternative platforms, and these platforms
> > can be very important and worthwhile for the minority that will ever
> > use them, but we do not have the social will nor capacity to bring
> > these platforms to the masses, and given the dominance of capital in
> > our society, it's not clear where such capacity will come from.
>
> Thanks for the roundup. It doesn't progress much from a story on
> mass-media that we have told ourselves already 20 or more years ago 
> in Italy, if not before. Anyway.
<...>

--
Dmytri Kleiner
Venture Communist


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