Wow! It is truly amazing just how true both the article and the book (from what I have read of it) are, when I read what most of you people are posting here. Many of you fit the mold they are talking about exactly and you are so arrogant you don't even see this fact. You are all sitting here pocking fun at the issue that they are raising and "screaming into the Void." What the authors are trying to convey is that you all sit here whining about new law that smother technology and new ideas but you never get off your collective asses to do something about them. It is because you think you are above the laws and that they don't apply on "your web" or you take the stance that if they make new laws you will find ways around or through them. Know what happen then; the laws just keep piling up until we entirely lose the freedom of the web and the whole of technology. The government puppet with the master big business can and if we don't do something about it will rule the web. One arrogant post said "The government does not rule the 'net; it is subservient, it lives in its own little ".gov.uk" box just like any other net-connected entity." Well think again the government already has the power and the money to rule the web (along with the corporate powers giving guidance) and if we let them they will put laws in place that give them the authority to do so as well. We could very quickly lose the freedoms of the Web and technology. We need to stop sitting here pocking fun (or whining); thinking we are above the laws and rule of the government and get our asses in gear to make sure that the laws implemented are in the best interest of the Techno culture and society as a whole. We for better of worse living in a society governed by politicians, bureaucrats, and corporate elite. The first two groups don't understand us and the third group sees us as a threat to profit margins and would crush any ideas we have to keep from losing a dollar. These groups can and will put laws into effect that will govern technology for the worse if we all don't collectively stand up and start moving in a direction that benefits the whole of society.
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Wow! It is truly amazing just how true both the article and the book (from what I have read of it) are, when I read what most of you people are posting here. Many of you fit the mold they are talking about exactly and you are so arrogant you don't even see this fact. You are all sitting here pocking fun at the issue that they are raising and "screaming into the Void." What the authors are trying to convey is that you all sit here whining about new law that smother technology and new ideas but you never get off your collective asses to do something about them. It is because you think you are above the laws and that they don't apply on "your web" or you take the stance that if they make new laws you will find ways around or through them. Know what happen then; the laws just keep piling up until we entirely lose the freedom of the web and the whole of technology. The government puppet with the master big business can and if we don't do something about it will rule the web. One arrogant post said "The government does not rule the 'net; it is subservient, it lives in its own little ".gov.uk" box just like any other net-connected entity." Well think again the government already has the power and the money to rule the web (along with the corporate powers giving guidance) and if we let them they will put laws in place that give them the authority to do so as well. We could very quickly lose the freedoms of the Web and technology. We need to stop sitting here pocking fun (or whining); thinking we are above the laws and rule of the government and get our asses in gear to make sure that the laws implemented are in the best interest of the Techno culture and society as a whole. We for better of worse living in a society governed by politicians, bureaucrats, and corporate elite. The first two groups don't understand us and the third group sees us as a threat to profit margins and would crush any ideas we have to keep from losing a dollar. These groups can and will put laws into effect that will govern technology for the worse if we all don't collectively stand up and start moving in a direction that benefits the whole of society.