[okfn-discuss] Jaron Lanier on the pitfalls of free (as in beer at the least) information

Wed Jul 17 08:33:40 UTC 2013

I recently read his book: Who owns the Future

He has some good thoughts in there - we live in a world with tremendous
concentration of data and information on a few spots. However, the idea of
Open Data is (at least to me) one that can diminish the information
imbalance: but we need to do more.

To decrease the information imbalance (IMO) we need to do several things:
* Strong privacy protection - to ensure you'r private data is not used 
* Work on decentralization - get data stored at home (think
  freedombox/unhosted.org)
* Open Data/Freedom of Information - Get data out of
  Administration/Companies etc.
* Work to use the available Data for the public good - and train citizens
  how to do it themselves (aka schoolofdata)

While this might not be a perfect solution for the problems he adresses -
it is one I personally am more comfortable with. (Of course this is open
for discussion).

Michael

ps.: this is my personal view and does not speak for the OKF.

On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:41:28AM -0500, heath rezabek wrote:
> http://m.spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/computing/networks/jaron-lanier-were-being-enslaved-by-free-information
> http://
> spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/computing/networks/jaron-lanier-were-being-enslaved-by-free-information
> 
> I'm still processing what I think of his ideas here, but it's really great
> food for thought.  Also evolves the FLO conversation.
> 
> Lanier is a very smart fellow with a legacy of innovation.  Ideas that
> truly challenge our assumptions are priceless.
> 
> See what you think.
> 
> - Heath
> 
> 
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