Sorry here is a link to the article I mentioned before: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/20/rise-of-data-death-of-politics-evgeny-morozov-algorithmic-regulation
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 1:43 PM, martin biehl <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree, just the other day there was an article on the Guardian by > Evgeny Morozov (runs neteffect.foreignpolicy.com) that throws open data > into one pot with Silicon Valley. The article clearly lacks differentiation > on many levels, but for OKFN I guess the following two paragraphs > (especially the second one mentioning open data, the first is there for > some context) could be of concern: > > > > *"And while the nudgers have already captured the state by making > behavioural psychology the favourite idiom of government bureaucracy > –Daniel Kahneman > <http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/16/daniel-kahneman-thinking-fast-and-slow-tributes> > is in, Machiavelli > <http://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jun/27/prince-niccolo-machiavelli-tim-parks> > is out – the algorithmic regulation lobby advances in more clandestine > ways. They create innocuous non-profit organisations like Code for America > which then co-opt the state – under the guise of encouraging talented > hackers to tackle civic problems.Such initiatives aim to reprogramme the > state and make it feedback-friendly, crowding out other means of doing > politics. For all those tracking apps, algorithms and sensors to work, > databases need interoperability – which is what such pseudo-humanitarian > organisations, with their ardent belief in open data, demand. And when the > government is too slow to move at Silicon Valley's speed, they simply move > inside the government. Thus, Jennifer Pahlka, the founder of Code for > America and a protege of O'Reilly, became the deputy chief technology > officer of the US government – while pursuing a one-year "innovation > fellowship" from the White House."* > > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Niels Erik Kaaber Rasmussen < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks for a great #Okfest14 with interesting and inspiring people, >> sessions and talks in Berlin. >> >> One issue that was not on the official programme, but I came to discuss >> multiple times in private conversations was Googles role in the event and >> more generally in the open movement. Should Google lead the way in the >> quests for a "global digital infrastructure for democracy"? Are google open >> enough? How about privacy issues? Censorship? Tax issues? Etc. >> >> I don't have the answers, but I think these and related questions are >> both important and interesting and are some that we as a movement has to >> address and consider. >> >> Best, Niels Erik >> -- >> http://buhlrasmussen.eu >> Twitter @nilleren >> Tlf. 2680 9492 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> okfn-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss >> >> >
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