Comments on: toskim http://mtl3p.ilesansfil.org/blog/archives/2006/03/25/toskim.html society, technology and me Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:25:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Stéphane http://mtl3p.ilesansfil.org/blog/archives/2006/03/25/toskim.html#comment-1606 Stéphane Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:27:10 +0000 http://mtl3p.ilesansfil.org/blog/archives/2006/03/25/toskim.html#comment-1606 "i'm happy at least that people are talking about these things". Sometime, you seem to think that nobody is thinking about this... MIT Free/Open Source Research community <a href="http://opensource.mit.edu/online_papers.php" rel="nofollow">http://opensource.mit.edu/online_papers.php</a> Eric Von Hippel "democratising innovation" <a href="http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/democ.htm" rel="nofollow">http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/democ.htm</a> Yuwei Lin web page <a href="http://www.ylin.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ylin.org/</a> Gabriella Coleman <a href="http://healthhacker.org/satoroams/?page_id=531" rel="nofollow">http://healthhacker.org/satoroams/?page_id=531</a> Nicolas Auray <a href="http://egsh.enst.fr/auray/02_publication.html" rel="nofollow">http://egsh.enst.fr/auray/02_publication.html</a> To name few... “i’m happy at least that people are talking about these things”.

Sometime, you seem to think that nobody is thinking about this…

MIT Free/Open Source Research community
http://opensource.mit.edu/online_papers.php

Eric Von Hippel “democratising innovation”
http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/democ.htm

Yuwei Lin web page
http://www.ylin.org/

Gabriella Coleman
http://healthhacker.org/satoroams/?page_id=531

Nicolas Auray
http://egsh.enst.fr/auray/02_publication.html

To name few…

]]> By: mtl3p http://mtl3p.ilesansfil.org/blog/archives/2006/03/25/toskim.html#comment-1607 mtl3p Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:34:55 +0000 http://mtl3p.ilesansfil.org/blog/archives/2006/03/25/toskim.html#comment-1607 yes - i know that a few people are thinking about this. i've read hippel, i've read first monday, I've seen a few blog posts and a few articles. But this is not a big public discussion the way that it should be. Every single geek and media nerd can sit around and talk intelligently about the effects of participatory media vs. media oligarchy. But i'm *never* around geeks that discuss these overlaps (free software, creative commons, open publishing). And I hang out with really smart geeks that actually work in 2 or more of these fields. Why in London WSFII was there no thought about what brought the streams together? There were hundreds of really smart, motivated people there that thought and cared, not soley about the technology, but about technologies effect on society. yet there was absolutely no discussion of this. I read 40 blogs a day - including many of the A-list. Basically no one ever discusses this. they talk about all kinds of things - the effects of technology on democracy, the "daily me", etc. And this never (okay - rarely) gets touched. I think it's unfortunate. and a big problem But yeah - i know about the few that have brought up this idea before and continue to investigate it. I'm not claiming that I came up with it or anything. but just because a few phd's and master's students write a couple papers a year and some bloggers talk about it every once in a while doesn't mean that it isn't an grossly ignored topic. yes - i know that a few people are thinking about this. i’ve read hippel, i’ve read first monday, I’ve seen a few blog posts and a few articles.

But this is not a big public discussion the way that it should be. Every single geek and media nerd can sit around and talk intelligently about the effects of participatory media vs. media oligarchy. But i’m *never* around geeks that discuss these overlaps (free software, creative commons, open publishing). And I hang out with really smart geeks that actually work in 2 or more of these fields.

Why in London WSFII was there no thought about what brought the streams together? There were hundreds of really smart, motivated people there that thought and cared, not soley about the technology, but about technologies effect on society. yet there was absolutely no discussion of this.

I read 40 blogs a day - including many of the A-list. Basically no one ever discusses this. they talk about all kinds of things - the effects of technology on democracy, the “daily me”, etc. And this never (okay - rarely) gets touched. I think it’s unfortunate. and a big problem

But yeah - i know about the few that have brought up this idea before and continue to investigate it. I’m not claiming that I came up with it or anything. but just because a few phd’s and master’s students write a couple papers a year and some bloggers talk about it every once in a while doesn’t mean that it isn’t an grossly ignored topic.

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