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Originally Posted by Sirtel
All that other stuff I just have no time for, nor do I care.
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Are there
any social causes for which you'd suffer a similar level of inconvenience? I'll avoid asking you about specific examples because I don't want this to turn into a Politics & Religion discussion, but the impact of those leveraging the results of massive data analysis for private benefit at the expense of the public is, in my view, both important and profound.
I likened my behavior to my thoughts on voting and I'll stick with that. My individual vote was nearly meaningless in practical sense, as were, quite frankly, the results of the election to me personally (I'm a relatively affluent white man with a secure, white-collar job). I still thought it was important to try to influence others, including by example. The inconvenience to me was pretty minor (mail-in voting wasn't really a problem in Michigan), but it was worth it to me and I'm glad it was worth it to many, many others.