[ale] 47 minutes well-spent

[Ted W]

On Jun 4, 2012, at 11:01 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> I has merit now!
> 
> I finally watched the speech. Visions of "The Hunger Games" coming to life are now running through my mind.
> 
> Brilliant speech on a tough topic.
> 
> On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Charles Shapiro <hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ah, that's only 'cause you think you have merit.  Think of the Children!
> 
> --CHS
> 
> Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >Anything to help move away from oligarchy and towards a meritocracy makes
> >sense to me. Civil liberty and open technology are highly compatible and
> >complementary.  I look forward listening to his talk. Thanks for the heads
> >up!
> >On Jun 2, 2012 11:27 AM, "Charles Shapiro" <hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Eben Moglen on "Innovation Under Austerity" (
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2VHf5vpBy8 ).  The whole video is 90
> >> minutes or so, but the speech is only half that.  This would make a
> >> fine MP3 as well -- the video is not that interesting. Mr. Moglen is a
> >> crackerjack orator, and this is a really fun speech.
> >>
> >> The TL;DR:  Open technology and civil liberties are the only way
> >> forward, economically and for the personal good of everyone on the
> >> planet.
> >>
> >> -- CHS
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Thanks for sharing this. I tossed it around to a few of my colleagues and the general feedback was overwhelmingly positive.

One of the points that really stuck with me was at the end during the Q&A about open hardware. Though the OLPC project failed I look forward to the next Nicholas Negroponte to step forward. I feel, or rather hope, that the RaspberryPi will pick up where the OLPC left off and make computer hardware more readily available to the younger generations and help push open software, hardware and standards more into the public consciousness as a not just a viable alternative to the closed source counterparts but as the ONLY option because a closed option simple can not compete with open innovation.
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Ted W. < Ted at Techmachine.net >
Registered GNU/Linux user #413569




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