That's fair. I now wish I had resisted the temptation to post something sarcastic.
Is the following comment any better than my previous one?
The greatest cultural strength of the US IMHO is the belief, which used to be widespread, that the best way for most people to improve their lives and to improve the world is private enterprise -- action other than political action, in other words. And I consider Apple, Inc, a shining example over the decades of the use of other-than-political action to improve the world.
Cook's memo is a sign that the US is becoming more like France, where almost every important action requires national political influence, and the majority of college students want to be civil servants.
Since, at least according to Peter Theil, information technology is the least regulated part of the US economy, it makes me sad to see one of the leaders of the information-technology sector wrapped up in national politics. Unlike for example the heavily-regulated health-care sector, Apple does not need to be concerned with politics to do good work. At least that is what I always thought.
Considering that the IT field, and Apple in particular, has been called on to create backdoors (violating users privacy, weakening their security) by public officials, they definitely do need to be concerned with politics.
Is the following comment any better than my previous one?
The greatest cultural strength of the US IMHO is the belief, which used to be widespread, that the best way for most people to improve their lives and to improve the world is private enterprise -- action other than political action, in other words. And I consider Apple, Inc, a shining example over the decades of the use of other-than-political action to improve the world.
Cook's memo is a sign that the US is becoming more like France, where almost every important action requires national political influence, and the majority of college students want to be civil servants.
Since, at least according to Peter Theil, information technology is the least regulated part of the US economy, it makes me sad to see one of the leaders of the information-technology sector wrapped up in national politics. Unlike for example the heavily-regulated health-care sector, Apple does not need to be concerned with politics to do good work. At least that is what I always thought.