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Re: An Essay on Freedom, Anonymity & Financial
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Simmons)
Sun Aug 9 20:16:22 1998
To: cryptography@c2.net
From: scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons)
Date: 9 Aug 1998 20:03:30 -0400
Hal Finney <hal@rain.org> writes:
>Science fiction writer David Brin discusses these issues in his new
>non-fiction book, The Transparent Society . . .
> [ see ] http://crit.org/openness/
In the main I agree with Brin, and refer those who wish to learn more to
the book and web page. Finney cites several interesting near-utopian
novels on the topic, but such a society is not without risks. For the
latter see Brins novel `Earth' and James Morrows `City Of Truth.'
--
"Where there's a will, there's a lawyer."
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