Actually, the notion is much older than that… 12th or 13th century I believe.
Students of universities (like Oxford or Sorbonne or Geneve) would get together, interview professors, and pay them directly. There was no “administration”. The professors marketed their knowledge and insight directly to their would-be students. Hence the “marketplace of ideas”. > On Nov 21, 2020, at 2:17 PM, Steven Manross <ste...@manross.net> wrote: > > Long time lurker… sometimes poster: > > The marketplace of ideas is a century old concept that goes back to the days > of landmark U.S.S.C. First Amendment cases, and it is the “marketplace”’s > duty to weed out bad ideas (such like SpamAssassin is doing). > > But again, SpamAssassin isn’t infringing on anyone’s 1st amendment rights. > It’s protecting people from speech they have already decided they have no > time to listen to (on purpose – without government involvement). > > Okay… back to lurking.
