IP: Progress and Freedom Foundation, my foot.

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "David P. Reed" <dpreed () reed com>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 23:14:06 -0400
To: farber () cis upenn edu, dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () dandin com>
Subject: Progress and Freedom Foundation, my foot.

I sent this to you once before, Dave.  Since you and Dewayne are giving
airtime to the gasbags at the PFF in Aspen, here's my reaction.

People should look more closely at the Progress and Freedom Foundation's
board and funding sources.

The "Aspen conference" is full of speakers who all seem to be qualified to
comment on Progress and Freedom by virtue of being CEO's of large companies
and inside-the-beltway types.

Not a single person who actually does creative work or innovation.

Or for that matter, anyone who consumes creativity or innovation.

It's the usual rich or powerful cigar-smoking back-room crowd, arrogantly
ignoring democracy, free speech, and liberty for their customers.   The
folks they think of as eyeballs, rather than thinkers, consumers rather
than creators, demographics rather than democrats.


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