[ale] 47 minutes well-spent

[Charles Shapiro]

Hurray!  I reckon I'll have to go back & look at the Q/A stuff..

-- CHS

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Ted W <ted at techmachine.net> wrote:
>
> On Jun 4, 2012, at 11:01 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
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> 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.
> --
> Ted W. < Ted at Techmachine.net >
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