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title: "Help me find the winner of the Media Lab Disobedience Award, and we…"
date: 2017-04-20
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# Help me find the winner of the Media Lab Disobedience Award, and we…

*April 20, 2017 · Facebook*

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Help me find the winner of the Media Lab Disobedience Award, and we could both attend the award ceremony in July.
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[https://www.media.mit.edu/disobedience?ref=c1ab086bf35a2f4d4b2ddf6aa7e99a26](https://www.media.mit.edu/disobedience?ref=c1ab086bf35a2f4d4b2ddf6aa7e99a26){target="_blank"}
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Just submitted my vote for Ross Ulbricht, founder of the Silk Road. @\[544700762:2048:Judd Weiss\] perhaps you would be interested in signal boosting this? Here\'s what I wrote:\
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\"Ross Ulbricht, founder of the Silk Road, deserves the award. At great personal risk, he pioneered the use of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin to create a semi-anonymous online drug market. In doing so, he reduced the risk of violence, improved drug quality, increased drug access, and demonstrated the first practical use of cryptocurrencies. Ulbricht\'s trial was a travesty (among other things, the cops investigating him embezzled the Bitcoin they captured from him), and there\'s a good chance his conviction will be overturned on appeal. However, lawyer\'s are expensive, so he can use all the money he can get. It\'s hard to think of a government policy that causes as much harm as the government\'s War on Drugs, and Ulbricht struck a powerful blow against it\--he deserves our support.\"
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