This link has been bookmarked by 2 people . It was first bookmarked on 13 Jul 2008, by Henrik Fu.
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14 Jul 08
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RvK: This reflects my fear (I always see the dystopias; that’s what I do!) that despite the Internet, despite mobile phones, GPS, etc. …despite all these connectivities… people still have no repository of actions for making sense of what is behind the technology. All the kings before me did not have the tools I have now. All the philosophers before could not do what I do now. So people think they have all this connectivity, but they have no clue about the infrastructure that’s feeding the technology. And this infrastructure is saying: “Outsource all your interfacing to me! I’ll take care of it.” The result is that people cannot fix their own cars. No one cares about it, because everyone assumes the economy will just keep functioning the way it does. But even at a practical level, with 130 euros for a barrel of oil, and going up, it’s going to be very difficult to uphold this Ambient Intelligence dream. So we have this kind of citizens, who feel themselves kings, but have no clue about infrastructures anymore, and who’ve given up lots of solidarity moments also, because the Nation State is an empty shell… So what we need to do is script new solidarities with these new technologies, and not all this fear, and all this control. This is a major challenge.
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13 Jul 08
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And this infrastructure is saying: “Outsource all your interfacing to me! I’ll take care of it.” The result is that people cannot fix their own cars.
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Ambient Intelligence dream
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So what we need to do is script new solidarities with these new technologies, and not all this fear, and all this control. This is a major challenge.
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Currently there is no alternative, no competition for the dream of pervasive computing, ubicomp, ambient intelligence, calm technology, disappearing computer.”
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hope being placed in the Open Source model
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There really is no more public. The audience is really fragmented, their attention diverted from scandal to scandal.
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