Thursday, May 26. 2005
Disobey Authority? Good idea.
In the post-9/11 world, we are told over and over that the goverment knows best, and that obedience to authority is what will keep us safe.
The NIST report on how people got out of the World Trade Center makes it clear - blind obedience is deadly. From Wired:
Sounds like exactly what the "Reality-based community" has been saying all along...
The NIST report on how people got out of the World Trade Center makes it clear - blind obedience is deadly. From Wired:
...the real source of homeland security: not authoritarian schemes of surveillance and punishment, but multichannel networks of advice, information, and mutual aid.
Sounds like exactly what the "Reality-based community" has been saying all along...
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