Comments on: Internet access as a basic human right http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/04/internet-access-as-a-basic-human-right.html Tech' views that are 667% more interesting than the tech' news itself... Wed, 23 May 2012 07:44:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/04/internet-access-as-a-basic-human-right.html#comment-2685 Wayne Smallman Thu, 01 May 2008 22:16:56 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=561#comment-2685 Hi Christopher, thanks for the comment! Knowledge is a precious thing, clearly dangerous in the hands of some. If we choose to look at <a href="http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/02/information-is-a-weapon.html" title="information is a weapon" rel="nofollow">information is a weapon</a>, then we can see the truly disruptive power widely known information. Take for example formal education for the working classes in 18th century England, or the "Weapons Of Mass Destruction" fiasco by the US & Britain in Iraq. Both offer up the positives and the negatives of information. The internet is not and cannot be evil, if we choose to accept for a moment such a thing as evil even exists. The internet is broadly analogous to a receptical into which all (or certainly most) knowledge is contained, from which we as individuals employ to match our own ends and agendas, be they good or bad... Hi Christopher, thanks for the comment!

Knowledge is a precious thing, clearly dangerous in the hands of some.

If we choose to look at information is a weapon, then we can see the truly disruptive power widely known information.

Take for example formal education for the working classes in 18th century England, or the “Weapons Of Mass Destruction” fiasco by the US & Britain in Iraq.

Both offer up the positives and the negatives of information.

The internet is not and cannot be evil, if we choose to accept for a moment such a thing as evil even exists.

The internet is broadly analogous to a receptical into which all (or certainly most) knowledge is contained, from which we as individuals employ to match our own ends and agendas, be they good or bad…

]]> By: Megapixels http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/04/internet-access-as-a-basic-human-right.html#comment-2684 Megapixels Thu, 01 May 2008 21:43:14 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=561#comment-2684 Interesting article. I agree that the internet is becoming a basic human right. Certainly a long way off for some parts of the world, which is the unfortunate part. The books in medieval times is an interesting analogy. Even books are still a technology that haven't permeated to all people in all cultures. I wonder how many children in developing countries today have never seen or held a book? If we've had since medieval times to solve that problem and haven't, you have to wonder how long it will take till we're all connected digitally? Interesting article. I agree that the internet is becoming a basic human right. Certainly a long way off for some parts of the world, which is the unfortunate part. The books in medieval times is an interesting analogy. Even books are still a technology that haven’t permeated to all people in all cultures. I wonder how many children in developing countries today have never seen or held a book? If we’ve had since medieval times to solve that problem and haven’t, you have to wonder how long it will take till we’re all connected digitally?

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/04/internet-access-as-a-basic-human-right.html#comment-2647 Wayne Smallman Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:47:03 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=561#comment-2647 Hi Nick! This article — much like the one for last Monday — started out as one thing, but then gradually transmogrified into something else. I think I managed to remain more thematic this time... Hi Nick! This article — much like the one for last Monday — started out as one thing, but then gradually transmogrified into something else.

I think I managed to remain more thematic this time…

]]> By: Nick James http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/04/internet-access-as-a-basic-human-right.html#comment-2646 Nick James Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:18:24 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=561#comment-2646 Nicely put Wayne. It's a sad fact that it pays for government and their drinking buddies in big business to keep an underclass there as a warning to anybody getting a little too bolshie of where they'll end up. It keeps wages down and the working classes neutered. Sorry to go all political. Your post actually reminds me of what my old man used to say about why we should have respect for books, because even as close back as the start of the last century they were still stopping us from reading. Great sentiment, fella, and one I wholly support. Nicely put Wayne. It’s a sad fact that it pays for government and their drinking buddies in big business to keep an underclass there as a warning to anybody getting a little too bolshie of where they’ll end up. It keeps wages down and the working classes neutered. Sorry to go all political.
Your post actually reminds me of what my old man used to say about why we should have respect for books, because even as close back as the start of the last century they were still stopping us from reading.
Great sentiment, fella, and one I wholly support.

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