[liberationtech] Fwd: Stanford Social Entrepreneurship Exchange NOV 8th 6:30-8:30 PM

There's a social entrepreneurship fair on Thursday. If you are interested in programming for a social enterprise or starting one, this is a great opportunity to learn about resources. Sam King Director | Code the Change - ask me how you can help the CS for Social Chang

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[liberationtech] JournalistSecurity Spam List

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[liberationtech] Aspiration Nonprofit Software Development Summit

Hello friends, Aspiration and a bunch of our allies are hosting our annual Nonprofit Software Development Summit next week in Oakland, California US. The session slate can be found at http://aspirationtech.org/events/devsummit12/sessions and full event info at http://aspirationtech.org/events/

Re: [liberationtech] Bitcoin and The Public Function of Money

On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Yosem Companys wrote: > While I (and probably others) find the discussion on this thread > interesting, it appears to lack the necessary technology component to be > deemed liberationtech. I am not sure the situation is that simple. I believe (this is a long thread

Re: [liberationtech] Bitcoin and The Public Function of Money

The personal (computer) is political :) -- Greg Norcie (g...@norcie.com) GPG key: 0x1B873635 On 11/5/12 1:21 PM, Yosem Companys wrote: > They go hand in hand. Can't have philosophy without practices... ;) > > On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Dmytri Kleiner wrote: >> Hey Yosem, pretty sure the t

Re: [liberationtech] Bitcoin and The Public Function of Money

They go hand in hand. Can't have philosophy without practices... ;) On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Dmytri Kleiner wrote: > Hey Yosem, pretty sure the thread has run its course at this point. But in > any case we can't get the tech part right if we don't get the liberation > part right. > > The

Re: [liberationtech] Bitcoin and The Public Function of Money

Hey Yosem, pretty sure the thread has run its course at this point. But in any case we can't get the tech part right if we don't get the liberation part right.  The user stories for liberation tech must certainly derive from visions of liberation, or?  Especially when the tech in question is e

[liberationtech] Human rights activists taught online tactics

5 November 2012 Last updated at 07:56 ET Human rights activists taught online tactics By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent An international training institute to teach online tactics for human rights campaigners is being set up in the Italian city of Florence. The first students, s

Re: [liberationtech] Bitcoin and The Public Function of Money

Just a little nudge to get folks back on the liberationtech discussion. While I (and probably others) find the discussion on this thread interesting, it appears to lack the necessary technology component to be deemed liberationtech. Thanks all, Yosem On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:15 AM, André Rebent

Re: [liberationtech] Bitcoin and The Public Function of Money

Am 05.11.2012 11:19, schrieb Jacob Appelbaum: > It isn't a straw man. Free trade is a nonsense phrase - free? Free for > you? For me? Unencumbered by state taxes as it crosses a border? How > does that trade happen? When I create something of value - have I done > it in a vacuum? "Free trade" rela

Re: [liberationtech] Bitcoin and The Public Function of Money

On 05.11.2012 11:19, Jacob Appelbaum wrote: until people have an alternative, people will not choose to starve. Thanks Jake! That sums it it perfectly. Thanks to Maxim and Gregory for their contributions as well. Best, -- Dmytri Kleiner Venture Communist -- Unsubscribe, change to digest,

Re: [liberationtech] Bitcoin and The Public Function of Money

On 05.11.2012 06:23, StealthMonger wrote: True, except that those functions are mostly not socially necessary. This is well know to be false, and ridiculous. You yourself, could probably not survive without the benefits provided by the state. I don't mean you can't imagine yourself surviving

Re: [liberationtech] Bitcoin and The Public Function of Money

StealthMonger: > Dmytri Kleiner writes: > >> We can not eliminate the State-based tax system by evading it, only >> by replacing the socially necessary functions it performs with >> actually-existing non-state forms, an unwillingness to understand >> and come to terms with this is what makes so m