Independent. On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Nicholas Thompson < nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Owen n all, > > For me, in the age of Fox news and media consolidation, the benefit of the > doubt goes to Wikileaks. > > Oh, and, by the way: As of Obama's announcement today, I am trolling for a > third party. Any suggestions? > > Nick > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On > Behalf > Of Owen Densmore > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 9:55 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] WikiLeaks, US Gov't prohibition, Corporate Boycotts, > etc. > > On Dec 6, 2010, at 7:18 PM, Robert Holmes wrote: > > > This is an interesting and-IMHO-nicely balanced piece. It's all shades > > of grey, man -- R > > > > http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2010/12/wikileaks-and-the-long-haul/ > > Hard to argue with Clay's point that a balance of power, with clear and > just > laws, define the boundary of freedom of information. But note how he is > also clear that we have no such balance, nor reasonable laws. > > This is the age of populism, from the Tea Party to Libertarianism, to now a > free and open (and responsible) internet. > > I am interested in hearing nuanced discussions. But no longer amongst > politicians. Or power brokers and industries. They have lost their place > and squandered their right to lead. Its us now. This includes Lessig and > Shirky and others of their ilk like Kevin Kelley and Tim O'Reilly; sites > like the Edge and TED; organizations like EFF, Berkman and the Creative > Commons. And I hope ourselves. > > But for now, I want to, much like Lessig, understand what our digital > rights > are, and what they should be. For the latter, we need to start doing > things > such as building our own networks and services. Like wikileaks mirrors. > > -- Owen > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, > unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- Doug Roberts drobe...@rti.org d...@parrot-farm.net 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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