• Kilgore Trout@feddit.it
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    4 months ago

    If I want to compute pi for no reason or drive to the Grand Canyon for lunch, I should be able to do so.

    Are you able to explain why?

    • treadful@lemmy.zip
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      4 months ago

      I’m sure I won’t be very eloquent about it but simply, liberty. Freedom of compute is on par with freedom of thought and expression.

      Freedom of travel is something else, but I’m sure most people that don’t like being imprisoned can appreciate.

      Work (as in energy expenditure) enables these freedoms and I think it’s important not to stifle that whenever possible.