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We all agree that the free flow of ideas is essential to creativity. And we like to believe that in our modern, technological world, information is more freely available and flows faster than ever before. But according to Nobel Laureate Robert Laughlin, acquiring information is becoming a danger or even a crime. Increasingly, the really valuable information is private property or a state secret, with the result that it is now easy for a flash of insight, entirely innocently, to infringe a patent or threaten national security. The public pays little attention because this vital information is В“technical”—but, Laughlin argues, information is often labeled technical so it can be sequestered, not sequestered because itвЂTMs technical. The increasing restrictions on information in such fields as cryptography, biotechnology, and computer software design are creating a new Dark Age: a time characterized not by light and truth but by disinformation and ignorance. Thus we find ourselves dealing more and more with the Crime of Reason, the antisocial and sometimes outright illegal nature of certain intellectual activities. __The Crime of Reason__ is a reader-friendly jeremiad, __On Bullshit__ for the Slashdot and Creative Commons crowd: a short, fiercely argued essay on a problem of increasing concern to people at the frontiers of new ideas. We all agree that the free flow of ideas is essential to creativity. And we like to believe that in our modern, technological world, information is more freely available and flows faster than ever before. But according to Nobel Laureate Robert Laughlin, acquiring information is becoming a danger or even a crime. Increasingly, the really valuable information is private property or a state secret, with the result that it is now easy for a flash of insight, entirely innocently, to infringe a patent or threaten national security. The public pays little attention because this vital information is'technical'-- but, Laughlin argues, information is often labeled technical so it can be sequestered, not sequestered because it's technical. The increasing restrictions on information in such fields as cryptography, biotechnology, and computer software design are creating a new Dark Age: a time characterized not by light and truth but by disinformation and ignorance. Thus we find ourselves dealing more and more with the Crime of Reason, the antisocial and sometimes outright illegal nature of certain intellectual activities.The Crime of Reason is a reader-friendly jeremiad, On Bullshit for the Slashdot and Creative Commons crowd: a short, fiercely argued essay on a problem of increasing concern to people at the frontiers of new ideas. We all agree that the free flow of ideas is essential to creativity. And we like to believe that in our modern, technological world, information is more freely available and flows faster than ever before. But according to Nobel Laureate Robert Laughlin, acquiring information is becoming a danger or even a crime. Increasingly, the really valuable information is private property or a state secret, with the result that it is now easy for a flash of insight, entirely innocently, to infringe a patent or threaten national security. The public pays little attention because this vital information is technical - but, Laughlin argues, information is often labeled technical so it can be sequestered, not sequestered because it is technical. The increasing restrictions on information in such fields as cryptography, biotechnology, and computer software design are creating a new Dark Age: a time characterized not by light and truth but by disinformation and ignorance. Thus we find ourselves dealing more and more with the Crime of Reason, the antisocial and sometimes outright illegal nature of certain intellectual activities. The Crime of Reason is a reader-friendly jeremiad, On Bullshit for the Slashdot and Creative Commons crowd: a short, fiercely argued essay on a problem of increasing concern to people at the frontiers of new ideas "Many of us believe that in our modern, Internet-enabled world, information is more freely available than ever before. But according to Nobel Prize-winning physicist Robert Laughlin, this is a dangerous delusion. We are surrounded by mounting volumes of advertising and spam, but a great deal of truly valuable information is increasingly classified or designated as private property. More and more, a flash of insight can become a patent infringement or threat to national security. More and more, the act of reasoning for oneself is becoming a crime." "Laughlin argues that we have unknowingly made a collective decision to relinquish our intellectual rights. A passionately argued book, The Crime of Reason offers a stern and timely warning that this decision may lead America into a new Dark Age."--Résumé de l'éditeur CONTENTS......Page 6 1. THE END OF INNOCENCE......Page 8 2. DANGEROUS KNOWLEDGE......Page 16 3. THE MASTER CRYPTOGRAPHER......Page 32 4. GAMES OF CHANCE......Page 48 5. PATENTLY ABSURD......Page 62 6. THE NUCLEAR PRECEDENT......Page 76 7. THE FACTS OF LIFE......Page 92 8. CLONE WARS......Page 108 9. SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM......Page 126 10. THE TROUBLED UTOPIA......Page 142 NOTES......Page 158 C......Page 188 E......Page 189 I......Page 190 N......Page 191 S......Page 192 W......Page 193 The End Of Innocence -- Dangerous Knowledge -- The Master Cryptographer -- Games Of Chance -- Patently Absurd -- The Nuclear Precedent -- The Facts Of Life -- Clone Wars -- Spam Spam Spam Spam -- The Troubled Utopia. Robert B. Laughlin. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 151-179) And Index. Examines how information that is labeled "technical" is having a major impact in the exchange of ideas and information, making research and communication by the ordinary citizen criminal acts through increased restrictions. The end of reason Dangerous knowledge The master cryptographer Games of chance Patently absurd The nuclear precedent The facts of life Clone wars Spam spam spam spam The troubled utopia.