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wedrifid comments on Q&A with new Executive Director of Singularity Institute - Less Wrong Discussion

26 Post author: lukeprog 07 November 2011 04:58AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 07 November 2011 01:13:56PM 0 points [-]

Leaks usually damage the party doing the leaking.

With the obvious exceptions being insider trading and selling secrets.

Comment author: timtyler 07 November 2011 01:30:32PM *  1 point [-]

So: I didn't mean to refer to the individual responsible for leaking the information, I meant to refer to the organisation which the information is leaking from.

I am sure there are exceptions. For instance, some "leaks" turn out to be marketing.