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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	So I'll plow at deconstructing the parts of your talk that I find self limiting (this said, I understand the political context of your country a bit better now, and if I am correct that you haven't been around for a while, welcome back!) : [b]SLB 1 : Technology is currently a slave to those who have power and money,[/b] Squeeze me? Firefox and Opera are now defining the tech standards of tomorrow - and Mac OS is finally a mature (and truely superior) contender to Windows, and able to beat it in free market economy. This comes from the people decisions : web standards are built here. This is "power to the masses" in reality - the illusion that technology is a slave to those who have power IS an illusion. Bittorrent, Usenext, Limewire - pathetic gov attempts at stopping the information flow have failed. And they will keep failing. "Sorry to disagree", but this is reality - technology is a slave to nobody, and the money and desires that drive it are those of the MASSES. This very place, where people generate ideas that will forge new technologies, is the shining proof that freedom of expression exists, still. IN SPITE OF GOVERNMENTS ATTEMPTING TO LIMIT IT. They cannot. So fear not. [b]SLB 2 : As resources dwindle, as WS said, there will be more conflict.[/b] But there is also more creativity to circumvent the problems, and a deeper interest in cultural exchanges with the third world, plus a chance for the same third world to catch up and access "western knowledge" - China and India, for example, are indeed rising economically, and this is fair game. And more and more businesses worldwide, (at least, in Europe, it is a strong and clear trend) are now forced to find ways to foster proper "eco practices" (ah yeah, don't even mention the corrupt Napoli - where I come from, a shame in the face of the rest of the world) - aside of that particular case, we see more and more new ways to deal with the environmental problems. Granted, it's a small step forward yet, but it is happenning - alternatives to serve everybody, rather than "stealing from the neighbour". [b]SLB 3 : We are headed into some dark and bumpy times, IMHO of course.[/b] No way as long as you and I have a CHOICE about it, and we do : people shouldn't be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people - we are responsible, in democratic countries, of standing for our beliefs as masses. We are responsible for the leaders we elect - and we still are responsible if elections do not work as expected : we can at least communicate honestly about it. At the very least. [quote] It will not be until people start seeing each other as individuals rather than as groups, have an honest and rigorous education system to help develop this sense of self, and tear down the establishments of control that things will change. But, even then we are not guaranteed anything because when one establishment falls another one rises up and begins the cycle all over again. [/quote] Couldn't agree more with this. But are we guaranteed to wake up alive after any single night of our lives? Is there such a thing as a "100% guarantee" about anything? ..And yet, every morning as I wake up, I keep doing all I can to teach and communicate the right and ACT on my beliefs. For each one of us has that terrible weakness of "just being alive", just a grain of sand in history, but at the same time.. Each and everyone of us has the tremendous POWER to reason, express, and CHOOSE. Thus, the future will be what we choose to make it. [small](Edited by [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/user/6553]argo navis[/url] on 01-13-2008 08:29)[/small] [small](Edited by [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/user/6553]argo navis[/url] on 01-13-2008 08:51)[/small] Loading...
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