“Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade
Of that which once was great, is passed away.”
William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Romantic poet
On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic, l. 13 (1807).
Source: 21 June 2020 tweet https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1274614961151414273 and TechFilter https://techstartups.com/2020/06/21/elon-musk-we-must-pass-the-great-filter-social-media-is-a-limbic-amplifier-which-inherently-destabilizes-civilization
“Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade
Of that which once was great, is passed away.”
William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Romantic poet
On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic, l. 13 (1807).
Bassel Khartabil (1981–2015) free culture and democracy activist, Syrian political prisoner
Tweet Dec 18, 2009, 12:47PM https://twitter.com/basselsafadi/status/6807864152 at Twitter.com
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Judith Krug (1940–2009) librarian and freedom of speech proponent
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