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Switch to "We must not pretend we can prevent what we can not" as phrase

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Christopher Lemmer Webber 2019-07-18 15:25:36 -04:00
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@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ it may be time for some re-evaluation.
# - social networks: breadth vs depth? # - social networks: breadth vs depth?
# - wholesale borrowing of surveillance capitalist assumptions # - wholesale borrowing of surveillance capitalist assumptions
** Don't pretend we can prevent what we can't ** We must not pretend we can prevent what we can not
#+BEGIN_QUOTE #+BEGIN_QUOTE
"By leading users and programmers to make decisions under a false "By leading users and programmers to make decisions under a false
@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ This seems almost right, except that there may be things that in-bound
of a system, we cannot technically prevent, yet we prohibit from of a system, we cannot technically prevent, yet we prohibit from
occurring anyhow, and which we may enforce at another abstraction occurring anyhow, and which we may enforce at another abstraction
layer, including social layers. layer, including social layers.
So here is a slightly modified version of that phrase: "Don't pretend So here is a slightly modified version of that phrase: "We must not
we can prevent what we can't." pretend we can prevent what we can not."
This is important. This is important.
There may be things which we strongly wish to prevent on a protocol There may be things which we strongly wish to prevent on a protocol