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Politicians can and do dictate the law these days, but they can't dictate economics. If the NSA/CIA/Government pulls too much shit the smart people and business will leave. Also, Mormonism is a cult.

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I think the govt has already broken quite a few of its own rules, yet smart people from around the world flock to Google, MIT, and the like. National security letters, the Patriot Act, illicit war.

I would love to live in Berlin, but my family is here in the states, and the NSA would still intercept my communications in Germany, anyway.

And your point is? anyone working in ML and AI knows where large amounts of funding comes from - this was true 30 years ago just as much so today.

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