I recently read his book: Who owns the Future He has some good thoughts in there - we live in a world with tremendous concentration of data and information on a few spots. However, the idea of Open Data is (at least to me) one that can diminish the information imbalance: but we need to do more.
To decrease the information imbalance (IMO) we need to do several things: * Strong privacy protection - to ensure you'r private data is not used * Work on decentralization - get data stored at home (think freedombox/unhosted.org) * Open Data/Freedom of Information - Get data out of Administration/Companies etc. * Work to use the available Data for the public good - and train citizens how to do it themselves (aka schoolofdata) While this might not be a perfect solution for the problems he adresses - it is one I personally am more comfortable with. (Of course this is open for discussion). Michael ps.: this is my personal view and does not speak for the OKF. On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:41:28AM -0500, heath rezabek wrote: > http://m.spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/computing/networks/jaron-lanier-were-being-enslaved-by-free-information > http:// > spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/computing/networks/jaron-lanier-were-being-enslaved-by-free-information > > I'm still processing what I think of his ideas here, but it's really great > food for thought. Also evolves the FLO conversation. > > Lanier is a very smart fellow with a legacy of innovation. Ideas that > truly challenge our assumptions are priceless. > > See what you think. > > - Heath > > > -- > > Heath Rezabek > Outreach & Collaborations Coordinator, Starship Congress > USA (512) 507-1101 > hreza...@icarusinterstellar.org > @starshipcongrss > <https://twitter.com/StarshipCongrss>starshipcongress.com > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > okfn-discuss@lists.okfn.org > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss -- Data Diva | skype: mihi_tr | @mihi_tr The Open Knowledge Foundation | School of Data http://okfn.org | http://schoolofdata.org GPG/PGP key: http://tentacleriot.eu/mihi.asc _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list okfn-discuss@lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss