Comments on: Species of the Year http://www.lyingmediabastards.com/2006/12/species-of-the-year Muckraking. Media. Music. Menace. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:52:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: lotu5 http://www.lyingmediabastards.com/2006/12/species-of-the-year#comment-15773 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:05:19 +0000 http://www.lyingmediabastards.com/2006/12/species-of-the-year#comment-15773 Great comment Jake! I TOTALLY agree on so many points. Its a huge failing of tech culture, imho, to repeatedly assume that "the internet=humanity" and so they say "we" meaning all of humanity and make horrible assumptions about how "anyone can have a voice on the internet", totally disregarding a lot of the points you made here. rock on.<!-- X-spaminator-strike: whitelist, -3 --><!-- X-spaminator-passed: IP check --><!-- X-spaminator-passed: email check --><!-- X-spaminator-passed: author url --><!-- X-spaminator-passed: comment body --> Great comment Jake! I TOTALLY agree on so many points. Its a huge failing of tech culture, imho, to repeatedly assume that “the internet=humanity” and so they say “we” meaning all of humanity and make horrible assumptions about how “anyone can have a voice on the internet”, totally disregarding a lot of the points you made here. rock on.

]]> by: Dead Civilian http://www.lyingmediabastards.com/2006/12/species-of-the-year#comment-15769 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:35:27 +0000 http://www.lyingmediabastards.com/2006/12/species-of-the-year#comment-15769 "the goal of ending global poverty would only come with a huge decrease in the standard of living enjoyed by the West." A common fear, Jake, and one used to keep the haves feuding with the have-nots since the beginning of time. Divide and conquer. In reality, there is enough of everything on earth for everyone to have everything they could possibly desire. It's just that the use, production and control of resources has been in the hands of the haves and the brutes. I highly recommend <i>Critical Path</i> by Buckminster Fuller. He presents a scientific breakdown to support the above assertion.<!-- X-spaminator-strike: whitelist, -3 --><!-- X-spaminator-passed: IP check --><!-- X-spaminator-passed: email check --><!-- X-spaminator-strike: empty field - author url, 1 --><!-- X-spaminator-passed: author url --><!-- X-spaminator-passed: comment body --> “the goal of ending global poverty would only come with a huge decrease in the standard of living enjoyed by the West.”

A common fear, Jake, and one used to keep the haves feuding with the have-nots since the beginning of time. Divide and conquer. In reality, there is enough of everything on earth for everyone to have everything they could possibly desire. It’s just that the use, production and control of resources has been in the hands of the haves and the brutes. I highly recommend Critical Path by Buckminster Fuller. He presents a scientific breakdown to support the above assertion.

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