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“As our society grows more dependent on computers, the software we run is of critical importance to securing the future of a free society. Free software is about having control over the technology we use in our homes, schools and businesses, where computers work for our individual and communal benefit, not for proprietary software companies or governments who might seek to restrict and monitor us.”

-Richard Stallman

…as the world changes, the importance of the ability to check what the code in your devices is doing - by someone else in case you lack the skills - becomes increasingly apparent. If we lose the ability to check what our own computers are doing, we’re boned.

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Apparently a new type of software has been shown to predict revolutions by mining news reports around the world.

This sounds scary and seems like too much power to be in the hands of a few at the top of the hierarchy.