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The Next Social Revolution?
Cryofan writes "In a recent interview, Howard Rheingold (author of Smart Mobs) discussed the possibility of a 'new economic system' born of 'unconscious cooperation' embodied by such technologies as Google links and Amazon lists, Wikipedia, wireless devices using unlicensed spectrum, Web logs, and open-source software. Rheingold speculates that 'the technology of the Internet, reputation systems, online communities, mobile devices...may make some new economic system possible....We had markets, then we had capitalism, and socialism was a reaction to industrial-era capitalism. There's been an assumption that since communism failed, capitalism is triumphant, therefore humans have stopped evolving new systems for economic production.' However, Rheingold is worried that established companies with business models that are threatened by these new technologies could 'quash such nascent innovations as file-sharing -- and potentially put the U.S. at risk of falling behind the rest of the world.'"
Or are all of the women's Olympic gymnastics teams sexy? Well, maybe not China. I can't get enough of those powerful legs and slim midsections. But oh my fucking god I want to have sex with the whole Romanian team (yes, even the 16 year olds)! The Americans are really cute, but those Romanians are totally fucking gorgeous.
If you find this post offensive, don't read it! THINK ABOUT YOUR BREATHING! I am what I am because of how apes behave.
He forgot to go to church on Sundays and put a phish sticker on his SUV.
Were Hitler Islamic, he would have celebrated the murders. Right out in public in front of anyone who wanted to see.
Just like a whole lot of Islamic people did on 9/11.
Never forget: there has only been one culture in all recorded history that celebrates the cold-blooded murder of innocents.
JUST ONE!!!
Hell, there were even celebrations on the anniversary of 9/11. That's just plain sick. Too damn bad if you don't like hearing that: it's all too true.
And if you can't deal with that, you're living on a planet that doesn't have a blue sky.
I can think of lots, but not the way you're looking at it. Communism works on farms and art colonies and the hippies made it work a few times/places. It's like town hall democracy, it doesn't scale past a few thousand people without big problems.
Ultimately the Illuminati will rule the world but to reach this goal they are creating a constant state of war filled with blood sacrifice.
Farfetched you say? Keep listening to late night radio and these events will be brought to fruition, probably by the brainwashed, who listen to too much late night radio.
There are rumors of the coming of the antichrist, who is described as speaking all languages and bringing solutions to mankind's problems.
So you say capitalism will triumph? How about a deepening of the ice age or the increased heat of the sun followed much later by its death?
Closer to home, I guess it's all up to the whims of the government. Lies and corruption in government and business make us worry about any kind of social direction. A greater connectedness of the Internet and wireless gadgets brings more ability to produce as well as more chances to be victimized. It's going to be fun times.
My suggestion: open source as much technology as possible, both hardware and software. Complete knowledge should be disseminated in order to build and improve a foundation of understanding and trust. This will bring about a more level playing field. I believe in "every man/woman for himself/herself" but taking advantage of technology to collaborate and realize common beneficial goals is hypothesized to be quite desirable with side effects of friendliness and unity.
Know your pads. One time pad: good for cryptography. Two timing pad: where to take your mistress.