Tag Archives: society

Internet exceptionalism

September 26th, 2010

Telephones were invented for speaking, and cars were invented for driving, but the Internet was not invented for any single use. That is the source of its value, and certainly of its economic value. It’s why we need to preserve Net neutrality. David Weinberger

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People are unpredictable

August 30th, 2010

people are unpredictable, left to their own devices they’re creative, kind, angry, rude, stupid, smart, dangerous, funny Denise hits upon the main reason why I haven’t quite given up on our species just yet (in a post about 4chan no less!).

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On respect

July 25th, 2010

There’s altogether too much harping on respect and banning these days. If you can’t respect something, you should ban it. If it’s not banned, you should respect it. Bullshit. There is a huge gulf of toleration between respect and banning. In a free society, people should be allowed to do what they want wherever possible. The loss […]

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Commenting

June 16th, 2010

I don’t think the problem is that people are stupid. I think that people, when given crappy tools, with almost no oversight, no incentive to behave, and no semblance of real identity, often behave stupidly. Derek Powazek — Your right to comment ends at my front door.

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Fake architecture

May 26th, 2010

Back in 2006, early on a Saturday morning, artists Julien Berthier and Simon Boudvin installed a new door in the city of Paris—but it was a fake door, leading nowhere, on an otherwise empty wall in the 3rd arrondissement. From BLDGBLOG. I love the idea of fake architecture, I wonder if you can send it post.

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