No one's coming - it's up to us: it's past time for technologists to be responsible to society

[NickyG]

@meanidea

Would you rather be dirt poor but have the freedom to criticize anyone and anything, or be rich and but have to keep your opinions to yourself or risk punishment from the powerful?

A lot of people would go either way on that question, and I think which choice they make speaks a great deal about their character.

That strikes me as a uniquely western and even American perspective — given how few other countries have a law akin to our first amendment.