[OPINION] Finding a Smith-Corona during a pandemic Jan 2, 2021 1:21 PM PHT Von Katindoy “We assert our right to resist the Paradigm, to rebel against the Information Regime, to escape the Data Stream. We strike a blow for self-reliance, privacy, and coherence against dependency, surveillance, and disintegration.” No, these lines were not culled from “The Social Dilemma.” Philosopher Richard Polt wrote them 5 years before the Netflix hit to preamble what has come to be known as The Typewriter Manifesto. Polt and his manifesto were featured in “California Typewriter” – a critically-acclaimed 2016 docu-film that I only recently discovered in my efforts to cope with our pandemic-induced house arrest. Directed by music video veteran Doug Nichol, this homage to the typewriter also offers the insights of famous typewriter enthusiasts such as the actor Tom Hanks, the musician John Mayer, the late playwright Sam Shepard, and the historian David McCullough.