Late reply, but somebody brought it up only now...
On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 08:37:46AM +0100, Geert Lovink wrote:
> Only an internal group of elite members was involved in the decision-making
> process (using the platform called Rousseau).
Incorrect. “Rousseau” is like internal.diem25.org — a
Hi Geert and Donatella as usual there is plenty to provoke, agree and disagree
with.
But whatever the detail this is particularly timely intervention as it feels
like one of those moments
when the light appears to have changed and a once familiar lanscape suddenly
looks very different.
For
Exactly.
Two excerpts from the paper I wrote on the topic:
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One aspect of this ideology is centralization. Centralization of
traffic, directories, data bases, personal information, you name it.
That center is somewhere where you are not. People interfacing machines
built under this
On Tuesday, December 4, 2018 8:37:46 AM CET, Geert Lovink wrote:
... what can we still expect from the geek class? Why are social
media alternatives never on the agenda of the big hackers' meeting?
Why are they solely focused on surveillance and privacy issues
that are the quintessential
Geert (old friend):
How could this possibly succeed? Yes, there *is* something rotten in Denmark
(and elsewhere) . . . !!
Trying to use technology to "construct" the world as you'd like it to be is
always confronted by the reality that technology is, instead, busy
"constructing" you.
Dear Nettimers,
we’ve written the discussion text below as a proposal, a strategic contribution
and are curious what you make of the ideas and questions we raise. For sure
that there more topics and angles that could be added. Do you see any
possibility for funding such an effort to come
