Eric Schmidt’strip to North Koreain order to overspread the good word about open Internet has been kind of strange from the start . Today , he posted on Google+how he warned the countrythat it might be give behind . You know , Internet . Politics . All that jazz . Schmidt ’s daughter , who accompanied him on the “ vacation ” has nowshared her — more candid — take too . And gentleman’s gentleman , it seems like it was a uncanny trek .
https://gizmodo.com/eric-schmidt-visiting-north-korea-for-some-reason-5972574
Sophie recount of the escapade is a refreshfully flat forward one . As said on the internet site devoted to the story : “ aboveboard trip account here : no discourse of take on detail or aim — just some observance . ” And allow me to cherry - peck a few of the good’uns .
On the Kim Il Sung University e - Library : “ No one was really doing anything . A few scrolled or click , but the rest just stared . More distressful : when our mathematical group walk in — a noisy crew , with medium in tow — not one of them look up from their desks . Not a head turn , no eye physical contact , no reaction to stimuli . They might as well have been figurines . ”
“ They made sure to show us the American - way quick solid food eating house , though their timing appear to be off : the place was shuttered when we arrived . Workers scrambled to put on aprons and turn on the light . ”
“ We were told well ahead of time to take over that everything was bugged : phones , cars , suite , meeting , restaurants and who knows what else . I looked for photographic camera in the way but came up brusque . But then , why annoy with tv camera when you have minders ? After a daylight in frigid Pyongyang , I was just thankful it was warm . ”
you could show more of Sophie ’s quite blunt , occasionally off - coloring , and humorously sententious recount of the trip atthe web site give to it , which also includes moving-picture show . All in all , it sounds like an interesting trip-up , and anything but irksome .
So if you ’re planning to make the stumble to North Korea — to babble out about the net or otherwise — consider this a good fuzee , and then consider changing your mind . [ Sophie in North KoreaviaHacker News ]
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