[IP] more on Secrecy vs. openness: Three counter-arguments to Kurzweil and Joy [fs]
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From: George Dyson <gdyson@xxxxxxx>
Date: October 18, 2005 10:51:22 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] Secrecy vs. openness: Three counter-arguments to
Kurzweil and Joy [fs]
And a fourth one, from Edward Teller, no less:
"Science thrives on openness... but during World War II we were
obliged to put secrecy practices into effect. After the war, the
question of secrecy was reconsidered... but the practice of
classification continued; it was our 'security,' whether it worked or
failed... We now have millions of classified technical documents...
The limitations we impose on ourselves by restricting information are
far greater than any advantage others could gain by copying our
ideas... I do not claim that openness will never lead to trouble, but
I am sure that it offers us the best possibility of getting safely
home."
Edward Teller, "The Road to Nowhere," Technology Review, 1981.
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