-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi n a,
On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 08:01:14PM +0000, n a wrote: > While I see it's the effect that Wikimedia is having on the information *a > certain subset* of the population now has *easier* access to (if the have > access to wikipedia or reddit or some other internet-based 'social media > filter' at all... they already have access to blogs, google, there > congressman, whatever)--removing the sieves and filters applied to the > information a subset has access to is only _societally_ effectual within > the context of the resulting _actions_ of the subset of the population that > has the wherewithal and acumen to process the information > effectually--within the subset of the population that accesses to > it--within the subset of the population that even has the _oppurtunity_ to > access to it. This appears a very redundant and narrow viewpoint. All positive social revolution seemingly starts within a small "subset" of the population who are educated enough to understand the monetary system which enslaves many and benefits a very fortunate few who create more money with the stroke of a pen, from thin air. (1) Aside from the aforementioned acumen or literacy, suffering on a daily basis the trials and tribulations of the broader society creates a sense of solidarity and compassion. (2) This unsatisfactoriness provides the impetus to educate and empower the masses with the hopes of ending human suffering. Indeed those fortunate few set the precedent. Those who have the opportunity to access information and the clarity of insight to see that intellectual property is a cause of suffering--that freeing the processes by which our daily necessities are produced--is a step towards liberation. (3) Hacktivismo and others are working with various activist groups to setup proxies and other means for people in Draconian nation states to have access to this information. (4) Notwithstanding all hindrances to the dissemination of information, created by the public for the public and freely available, prying loose the whole of collective human knowledge from the tight grasp of copyrights and censorship is a tremendous and powerful first step towards ultimate liberation for all peoples everywhere regardless of any and all attributes. Dr. Nagarjuna said, in a recent World Summit on Free Information Infrastructures, that the first forms of protection schemes, meant to create a distance between the elite and the masses, were the use of purely academic languages (for example Latin in the West and Sanskrit in the East). (5) By `gnowledge' we mean the knowledge accessible freely for the community in general, and to the users of the WWW in particular. We expect that the `g' in the term `gnowledge' is pronounced hard, and is not silent as `k' in `knowledge'. The possible Sanskrit and Greek roots of the term `knowledge' and the ideal of GNU to share knowledge in general and software knowledge in particular inspired us to use this term. (6) And as Ghandi said, weave your own thread. References: 1. http://wiki.uniteddiversity.com/briefhistoryofmoney 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_socialism 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Enlightenment 4. http://www.cultdeadcow.com/cDc_files/declaration.html 5. http://www.okfn.org/wsfii/ 6. http://web.gnowledge.org/ peace, core -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDU18oGAuLrxOyeJMRAlZbAKDVw+6F68iRG9eUCDeijZuRA28rNgCg80GT CJK5HnHMjRrEf+1uVFY5nTc= =9pie -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
