I found this documentary interesting:
Ethos
http://www.ethosthemovie.com/
Hosted by twice Oscar nominated actor and activist Woody Harrelson,
Ethos lifts the lid on a Pandora's box of systemic issues that guarantee
failure in almost every aspect of our lives; from the environment to
democracy
While I agree that we have responsibilities to understand the net/corporate
environment and take our small stands, the more core issue is simply the
network itself.
Unfortunately, it is not easily managed by the private sector. The cellular
network is not mobile .. you cannot take your
Steve Smith wrote circa 11-01-04 11:31 PM:
I think maybe we are roughly on the same page.
Mostly, yes. However, I didn't intend to focus on the reward/punish
aspect. Sorry for the distraction. My primary point is about
identification. What anyone does with the data gained by paying
attention
Glen -
I'm with you on the awareness angle... I appreciate your clarification
about reward/punish, it is key, and helps illuminate what I was niggling
at.
Too often, in our drive to reward/punish, we occlude the rest of our
awareness, we seek someone to blame or credit to the point of
Douglas Roberts wrote circa 01/03/2011 08:00 PM:
Fuck 'em. There are 1,426 other mirrors, plus uncounted stealth
mirrors out there ready to go live if needed.
That misses the point, though. It's not about Wikileaks. It's about
the (some particular, not all) corporations and the systemic
Glen Ropella wrote:
Douglas Roberts wrote circa 01/03/2011 08:00 PM:
Fuck 'em. There are 1,426 other mirrors, plus uncounted stealth
mirrors out there ready to go live if needed.
That misses the point, though. It's not about Wikileaks. It's about
the (some particular, not all) corporations
Glen -
I think maybe we are roughly on the same page.
My concern boils down to something pretty simple. I believe that
non-human entities, (e.g. corporations, governments, etc.) of a certain
complexity, act like simple organisms which often means acting in
parasitic and opportunistic ways.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/12/weakest-links-host-buckles-when-upstream-provider
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glen
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Fuck 'em. There are 1,426 other mirrors, plus uncounted stealth mirrors
out there ready to go live if needed.
--Doug
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Glen Ropella G1 g...@tempusdictum.comwrote:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/12/weakest-links-host-buckles-when-upstream-provider
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