Bud’s note: We – the people of the world — are living through a real example of the proverbial maxim: absolute power corrupts absolutely. The problem is not isolated to Big Tech. Manipulation is strongly practiced by so-called main stream media. Journalist Glenn Greenwald provides the following example:
Bud is a retired life sciences executive. Bud's entrepreneurial leadership exceeded three decades. He was the senior business development, marketing and sales executive at four public corporations, each company a supplier of analytical and life sciences instrumentation, software, consumables and service. Prior to those positions, his 19 year career in Hewlett-Packard Company's Analytical Products Group included worldwide sales and marketing responsibility for Bioscience Products, Global Accounts and the International Olympic Committee, as well as international management assignments based in Japan and Latin America. Bud has visited and worked in more than 65 countries and lived and worked in 3 countries.
“The good news is, there is a way to rein in the tyrannical tech giants. And the way is simple: take away their power to filter information and filter data on our behalf. ” Easier said than done. Good luck with this in the current political climate. Those supporting censorship and distortion and fabrication are in charge.
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Very true Ron. Getting freedom, a free internet, and journalism back is easier said than done.
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“The good news is, there is a way to rein in the tyrannical tech giants. And the way is simple: take away their power to filter information and filter data on our behalf. ” Easier said than done. Good luck with this in the current political climate. Those supporting censorship and distortion and fabrication are in charge.
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