Postponed != win
Postponed = () => await nextCrisis()
.then(crisis => introduceUncomfortableLegislationBecauseOf(crisis)) Postponed != win
Postponed = () => await nextCrisis()
.then(crisis => introduceUncomfortableLegislationBecauseOf(crisis))- out-innovate the authoritarians somehow
- go on the political offensive to have non-tech people realize why they should care about things like this
- establish an entire new model for society somewhere, like how personal freedom maximalists left the then-monarchical/theocratic Europe for the new world long ago
Each country sends candidates which then have to be approved by the european parliament.
Basically, commissioners are usually former senior politicians who can no longer get elected, because they've been disgraced in some way or other. It's a sinecure.
It's almost impossible to dismiss them; the EU Parliament only has the power to dismiss the entire commission. That sounds like a nuclear option that could never be used; but is has been done, exactly once. It was over corruption; the parliament decided that essentially every commissioner was crooked.
No, after the European Parliament has approved the proposed President of the European Commission and the Council has chosen the other 26 commissioners, the Commission as a whole is subject to another vote of confidence by the European Parliament.
Man someone needs to pick a history book asap x)
They wanted to practice their religion / lack thereof, thus were freedom-seeking.
They were willing to brave an Atlantic crossing in small wooden ships and build brand-new lives rather than put up with curtailed freedoms; hence "maximalists".
And when you mix church and state, or when the state kowtows to the church by persecuting its enemies, you have at least a partial theocracy.
- go on the political offensive to have *tech* people realize why
they should care about things like this
The worry that it "only takes a few defectors who will sell out for the money" is valid, but in reality I don't think things would be workable if 60%-80% of capable engineers simply wouldn't build, test, maintain or work with proscribed "fascist technologies".
Without advocating for them I'll just say that I came to this forum a little over a year ago with the intention of researching ethics and development. As I near writing some conclusions I feel they're one of the few organisations I see consistently putting emphasis on ethics and I am thinking of joining for that reason.
Something along the lines of a Hippocratic Oath is needed.
Notwithstanding the complexities of intent, misuse and side-effects I increasingly think it is possible for hackers to consistently adopt a "I will do no harm to others and society" credo.
Sometimes just making it plain to an employer that you belong to a professional body whose ethics code would prohibit you from working on unconscionable tech is powerful - not least that it would afford you some protections under employment law if they threaten to fire you. At least that applies in other areas of medicine and engineering.
There is something really wrong about it doesn't?
https://www.euractiv.com/section/law-enforcement/news/eu-com...
Of course, if you're pro privacy, eurosceptic or Christian, you won't be targeted.