OSE Manifesto in Spanish – Chapter 2
SPANISH OSE Chapter 2 Full Text in Spanish Below the Line
Review: Creating a Learning Society
Joseph Stiglitz, Bruce Greenwald 4.0 out of 5 stars Glass Half Full — Cannot Be Ignored But Also Off the Rails, September 4, 2014 Among all economists in the English language, I hold Joseph Stiglitz to be among the most enlightened and virtuous. When I formed a “dream” coalition cabinet in 2012, he was on …
Yoda: The Open Source Identity Crisis
Tip of the Saber to Charles Yaker. The Open Source Identity Crisis As the diversity in tech movement gains traction, open source faces an identity crisis. EXTRACT The first story we must look at is: who exactly is an open source contributor? The answer to this seems obvious enough. Open source contributors are hackers. The …
Thomas Lynch: The Open Startup
The open software movement is a reaction to the corporate dominance over participation and exclusion. Corporations today are deciding who is allowed to participate in building the future and who is not. The process of choosing who is included and who is excluded is far from a perfect. Once a choice is made, though it …
Michael Ostrolenk: Cyberlibertarians’ Digital Deletion of the Left
Cyberlibertarians’ Digital Deletion of the Left David Golumbia David Golumbia is an assistant professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University and author of The Cultural Logic of Computation. Jacobin, 4 December 2013 Technological innovation does not inherently promote the Left’s goals. The digital revolution, we are told everywhere today, produces democracy. It gives “power to the …
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Jean Lievens: A Typology of Openness (Tim Berners Lee via Michel Bauwens)
A typology of openness Tim Berners-Lee: “I was recently asked to talk about the idea of “open”, and I realized the term is used in at least eight different ways. The distinct interpretations are all important in different but interlocking ways. Getting them confused leads to a lot of misunderstanding, so it’s good to review …
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Event: 23-17 OCT 13 Austria & Online, Elevate Open Everything?
Elevate Open Everything? Offshore Leaks has released secret tax haven bank account details, WikiLeaks was responsible for the disclosure of politically explosive classified documents, while Edward Snowden exposed intelligence agencies and private businesses that were spying extensively on respectable citizens. These are all vivid examples of the ambivalence of new technologies. On the one hand …
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