more openmovement
Openness speaks to our long traditions of democracy, free expression, and the scientific method, even as it harnesses one of the newest and best forces in our culture: the power of networks and the distributed-collaboration tools they evolve.
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And this openness has another, not insubstantial, benefit: transparency. It is far more difficult to obscure the implications of new technologies (or, conversely, to oversell their possibilities) when people around the world can read the plans. Monopolies are less likely to form when everyone understands the products companies make.
good article by Jamais Cascio. I’m going through some of the archives at WorldChanging and wondering why I haven’t bothered to read there more often.
I’m getting some good stuff on my delicious openmovement tag.