Comments on: Apple’s Home Page Today

By: Nathan

Nathan — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 21:12:13 +0000

Interesting negative reactions. Some call it the "reality distortion field"; Orwell called it "doublethink".

By: Nick Montfort

Nick Montfort — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:26:07 +0000

Kevin, thanks for the comment. I'm not the one who made the initial comparison by making Mandela into an advertisement, and if you check again, I think you'll see that I didn't claim, even indirectly, that any company or product is as bad as prolonged systematic subjugation of an entire people.

I did mean to point out that people can make ethical choices about computing, as you say, of their own free well. It seems like a reasonable thing to point out to computer users on a blog today. By doing so, I didn't mean to cheapen any historical or current hardship.

By: Kevin Liuzzo

Kevin Liuzzo — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 14:04:13 +0000

Against my better judgement, I'm breaking a long standing moratorium on commenting.

Don't you think comparing the prolonged systematic subjugation of an entire people to offering a consumer product is a bit incongruous? One is forced upon a person and the other is chosen of a person's free will. I'd argue that the comparison cheapens the hardship of the former.

But I don't know, I'm not a regular reader, maybe this is satire.

By: Ralph Lombreglia

Ralph Lombreglia — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 06:18:26 +0000

This is as righteous as Nick Montfort gets. And it's good. Thanks, Nick.

By: Jason Scott

Jason Scott — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 05:46:16 +0000

THIS IS AS CRANKY AS NICK MONTFORT GETS