Re: [FRIAM] Lessig OccupyBoston

2011-10-12 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
On 10/11/11 2:50 PM, glen wrote: The point being that it's very difficult to take a principled stand. Occupy Damascus-- yeah, that's a good way to die. Marcus FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at

Re: [FRIAM] Lessig OccupyBoston

2011-10-11 Thread glen
ERIC P. CHARLES wrote circa 11-10-11 10:35 AM: If you want to hurt the evil corporations with their super-rich owners... stop giving them your money. Technologically, I thought some of the most interesting things about the Arab spring were all the creative ways protesters circumvented

Re: [FRIAM] Lessig OccupyBoston

2011-10-11 Thread Owen Densmore
One approach to Glen/Eric's observations is to take small steps that actually help you too. I'm having a terrible time with cellular phones. I want a truly mobile phone which implies GSM, not the weird non-standard american technologies. But ATT sucks and TMobile appears to be going out of

Re: [FRIAM] Lessig OccupyBoston

2011-10-11 Thread Steve Smith
A simple corollary question might be: Why don't we find coop style services to compete with the multi-opoloies? The main thing I know of in this nature is the Credit Union. Are these truly regulated out of possibility by the lobby-interests? Or are we just too lazy? Or is it too hard to