Guest speaker: John Gilmore
– – Francis Huxley 1923 – 2016 – – Photo: The Guardian
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Date this lecture was recorded: August 2016
[NOTE: All quotations are by John Gilmore.]
“Don’t buy Apple products when they lock you into only using software that Apple approves of. It’s really straightforward. It’s like, don’t buy food that poisons you. Don’t buy from companies that try to control you.”
[In response to whether one can get their information back from Facebook.] “I don’t think there will be a way if you voluntarily hand over your data to a huge corporation that does not have your interest at heart. For you to get the data back, no, I don’t think there will be a way.”
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Francis Huxley obituary
Anthropologist fascinated by shamanism,
myths and religious rites
who strove to protect indigenous peoples.
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