This is a very important and interesting subject. With developing of more direct control over government I believe the structure of society itself will change. People are too limited with their local interests to control global legislation while "professional" politicians are too prone to lobby private interests of those who pay them. So I think world will move more towards global confederacy of smaller states that are small enough for direct democracy while maintaining some global rights and principles. Representative system is an obsolete structure in a world where everyone can have his voice heard through the web. Or the web will be shutdown or limited so much and we will live in a totalitarian state with constant brainwashing through this very internet and no rights whatsoever.
First, they are not Hackers. Hackers have a negative connotation. They are programmers. Second, nice project but how about the ranpid corruption in the Brazilian Government? Can this project monitor that problem? Only forty percent of Brazilian citizens have access to the internet, including phone users. Sorry but democracy really means the majority. Perhaps the Brazilian government should give citizens access to the internet before creating projects that only benefit the minority.
There is no order on how things happen in reality, that is just how it goes in the little conscient part of ur brain. What we can do is increase the amount of new ideas in the meme pool. The rest is natural selection and nature/reality doing its thing.
and 7 years later its still a good talk...
Very nice presentation.
This is a very important and interesting subject. With developing of more direct control over government I believe the structure of society itself will change. People are too limited with their local interests to control global legislation while "professional" politicians are too prone to lobby private interests of those who pay them. So I think world will move more towards global confederacy of smaller states that are small enough for direct democracy while maintaining some global rights and principles. Representative system is an obsolete structure in a world where everyone can have his voice heard through the web.
Or the web will be shutdown or limited so much and we will live in a totalitarian state with constant brainwashing through this very internet and no rights whatsoever.
Is there a transcript for this Tedx Talk? I'd love to know.
First, they are not Hackers. Hackers have a negative connotation. They are programmers. Second, nice project but how about the ranpid corruption in the Brazilian Government? Can this project monitor that problem? Only forty percent of Brazilian citizens have access to the internet, including phone users. Sorry but democracy really means the majority. Perhaps the Brazilian government should give citizens access to the internet before creating projects that only benefit the minority.
well said ( Sad but true:/)
There is no order on how things happen in reality, that is just how it goes in the little conscient part of ur brain. What we can do is increase the amount of new ideas in the meme pool. The rest is natural selection and nature/reality doing its thing.
I know his English isn't the best, but even a non-native speaker should know the difference between a hacker and a programmer.
no he is Director of the Hacker Laboratory. Isnt this for see the lack of their new program,project...
interesting topic, but this speaker is unfortunately boring to listen to.