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The crowd wants information to be free

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Let me begin with a picture of Kenneth Himma, Ph.D, J.D., and philosophy professor at Seattle Pacific University.

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Alright, all kidding aside, this is actually actor Kevin Bacon in the 1978 film Animal House. And, if you are familiar with the scene being depicted, I should note that I am not asserting that Himma is a flustered ROTC student trying in vain to maintain order during a riot on the city streets after a fraternity prank causes mass chaos, uselessly shouting to the crowd “All is well!”. No, instead I should explain that this image is something that came to my mind when I realized that arguments Himma puts forth in a 2005 accepted and forthcoming APA Newsletters on Philosophy and Computers essay against the popular notion “information should be free” (ISBF) are likely to forever fall on deaf ears. (more…)

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Discussing Benkler: could the market still industrialize new social patterns of information production?

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

A rich information commons is vital to the widespread diffusion of social production. Without the commons, sharing, collaborating, and taking collective action1 are stymied. Yochai Benkler (2006), in his seminal work The Wealth of Networks, argued that new social patterns of information production could still be industrialized by the market through both state intervention and the incumbent control of communications infrastructure (p. 22-28). This article will explain where he was correct and how his claim might be invalidated.

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Discussion follow-up: The Future is 1337

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Last night I presented the material from my earlier post, “Discussion: The Future is 1337“, to a few small groups in my Evolutions and Trends in Digital Media class at the MCDM.  I’d say everything went fairly smoothly, though I did try to cram a great deal of seemingly disparate subject matter into the space of only a few minutes.  It was a fun exercise, nonetheless, especially considering my having the opportunity to share with my fellow classmates 1337 culture, a culture I not only find fascinating but in many ways consider myself to be a part of.

I have three thoughts stemming from last night’s presentation discussions:

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Discussion: The Future is 1337

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

There’s a special culture out there that is really driving communications technology.  If we understand its workings and watch its creations, we can discover tomorrow’s innovations and phenomenons before they happen.  Observe.

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