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Comment Bernays (Score 1) 26

The father of PR, Edward Bernays opens his Propaganda (1928) book with

> The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.

Bernays' grand-nephew Marc Bernays Randolph went on to found Netflix.

They both enjoy bagels and not Christmas.

https://archive.org/details/Be...

Comment Re:OS innovation has ended (Score 0) 106

Rob Pike

UTAH2000

http://doc.cat-v.org/bell_labs...

Systems Software Research is Irrelevant (aka utah2000 or utah2k)

        By Rob Pike (Lucent Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill)

âoeThis talk is a polemic that distills the pessimistic side of my feelings about systems research these days. I wonâ(TM)t talk much about the optimistic side, since lots of others can do that for me; everyoneâ(TM)s excited about the computer industry. I may therefore present a picture somewhat darker than reality. However, I think the situation is genuinely bad and requires action.â /. thread from Jun 2000 about it

https://slashdot.org/story/00/...

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