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Greg's avatar

An echo, me thinks, an iteration in my memory of something Aaron Swartz said in his talk about beating the SOPA laws in the USA regarding who controls the internet. From a quick goog response:

Aaron Swartz played a pivotal role in the successful grassroots campaign to defeat the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in 2012. As a co-founder of Demand Progress, he organized and mobilized millions of internet users, helping to orchestrate the historic online blackouts that ultimately forced Congress to abandon the controversial copyright bill.

I offer that because, it too, is another message passed by Generations.

In his talk about: "How a bunch of kids...." "...became the heroes of their own story..." (my memory) conveys the message of this today's text... I can say that.

Baby Boomers (1946–1964), Generation X (1965–1980), Millennials / Gen Y (1981–1996), Generation Z / Zoomers (1997–2012), Gen Alpha? (but those naming conventions are under attack by the "cleansing algorithms of -some forces in charge- and the AI regurgitation of ARTIFICIAL intelligence. I say this because, IMHO, the Genz are now establishing what they shall pass forward to the little ones who are now watching them. Ready, Set, Stage..... and all of us are in that audience, it's not just about the Genz cohort. I can say that.

I wonder if there may be others who think, as I, that when in a place where one can hear - that still, small voice - the AKOPIMIZ underpinning clearly merges one's ACTUAL intelligence with their own spirit within?

In his own words, which can be heard or read on www.blips.fyi, are prior echoes of this text. I can say that.

Bad things happen, when good people do nothing... I can say that.

Rebecca Hillauer's avatar

If Aaron Swartz said "I can say that" then this would probably be the adequate translation of this hashtag and I had better change it. I ask for your feedback as a native speaker. Thank you.

Greg's avatar

No, he didn't. My lack of understanding of the hash tag thing, my bad. The article is what I was commenting on, the generational aspect of changes being seen. The repeated use of I can say that through out the article is what prompted me to do the same.

Rebecca Hillauer's avatar

ok, understood. What is the appropriate translation: I am allowed to say that or, for short, I can say that?