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| The respondents, and possible uses of "extremist" label
The approximate list of respondents: »www.elon.edu/predictions/200briefbios.aspx
It's an illustrious selection.
I think the predictions are about right. Most of them are uncontroversial and unsurprising - the one about anti-cyber-luddites is just picked out as the most attention-grabbing.
What seems to me more likely than real anti-computer "extremism", is certain types of politicians, agencies or interests promoting fear of such a thing as a way to bolster invasions of privacy and other rights. In other words, anti-liberty policies like the NSA surveillance will grow, and those who try to preserve freedom in the digital world may be labeled "terrorists" or "extremists" as a tactic to suppress dissent. |
