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We are - all of us - the slowly boiling frogs of the story.

Google, Netflix, Amazon, Uber & AirBnb - What you search for & e-mail about, What you watch, What you buy, Where you travel to & from & Where you stay - perfect tracking of everything. Add NSA & others on top & 1984 seems like a poor cousin of the world we live in.

We need some one like Richard to show us what the COLD water looks like. Not the slightly boiled one, not the warm one, the COLD water. Zero tracking of anything as much as possible.

He has lived his life trying to be as true to his philosophy as he can - at great personal cost & a LOT of sacrifice. I have personally seen some of the medical issues & his assets as such if any are shockingly meager for someone so well thought of (not something he will admit). Not like most of us (me included) - who will give up any data if it means a little bit of convenience.

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