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9. We're talking about dispensing with regulation and other aspects of civil society,

Reply to ProgressiveProfessor (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 01:47 PM

Oct 2012

not about replacing old goods/services with new ones. If NYC cabbies were still using horse buggies then many of the same regulations would still apply.

You seem to have little to offer on this subject other that dismissive rhetoric.

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Travis Shrugged: The creepy, dangerous ideology behind Silicon Valley�s Cult of Disruption [View all] salvorhardin Oct 2012 OP

Apple is a key player in the so called "Cult of Disruption" ProgressiveProfessor Oct 2012 #1

Technology is often said to be neutral, but the disruption flows mainly in one direction cprise Oct 2012 #5

The technology is the primary source of the disruption ProgressiveProfessor Oct 2012 #7

We're talking about dispensing with regulation and other aspects of civil society, cprise Oct 2012 #9

That is a false claim in many cases ProgressiveProfessor Oct 2012 #10

When looking at computerized voting, DRM, drones, smartphones... cprise Oct 2012 #11

actually you are quite wrong Kindly Refrain Oct 2012 #12

Agreed kurt_cagle Oct 2012 #2

They must love Anonymous then. bemildred Oct 2012 #3

Wow, this describes a lot of RW Gen-Xers I know very well. Odin2005 Oct 2012 #4

Social Darwinism Dies Hard... Laxman Oct 2012 #6

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