Public Service Internet monthly newsletter (Nov 2019)
November 8, 2019•359 words
Good day to you all!
We live in incredible times with such possibilities that is clear. Although its easily dismissed by looking down at our feet or at the endless attempts to regain our trust from the big corps.
To quote Buckminster Fuller "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
You are seeing aspects of this happening with hard work going into building an open hardware ebook reader - https://hackaday.com/2019/10/31/building-an-open-hardware-ebook-reader/
A framework for human values
https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/projects/digital-wellbeing
Ian thinks: This work is so essential for all public service, non-profits and government organisations. Starting to chip away at what value means beyond the attention economy.
Yancey co-founder of kickstarter talks about a new framework called bentosim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo3FUHmLI94
https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation/episodes/420
Ian thinks: Yancey talks a good game about going beyond financial maximization and society changes but I'm not convinced about bentoism.
Another attempt at the decentralized file-storage system
https://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-to-fork-ipfs-to-create-decentralized-storage-system-190531/
Ian thinks: Its another attempt, good idea combining projects but wondering about the applications of use?
China's free market system grab on other economies
https://stealthisshow.com/s04e28/
Ian thinks: Maybe Jamies conspiracy is a little heavy but a good thoughtful podcast
Introducing the Dweb
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/07/introducing-the-d-web/
Ian thinks: good introduction by ex Mozillan written a few years ago but parts later are up to date
Panel about sex-tech from Techcrunch (NSFW)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxH_yK8nP7Y
Ian thinks: Sex tech grows its own infrastructure to over come the adolescent thoughts of the tech industry
He used the tech and wasn't used by the tech
https://teamhuman.fm/episodes/140-vinniecolaiuta/
Ian thinks: Vinnie and Douglas talk about the importance of the human element in music and everything.
Why you shouldn't go to Harvard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J-wCHDJYmo
Ian thinks: Got to love Malcolm Gladwell's analysis of the university system, although maybe not quite right. He's funny and rolls the research into a great story.
The secret ecosystem of personal data is being unfolded
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/business/secret-consumer-score-access.html
Ian thinks: People are having fun with this right now, wonder how many people will actually request their data? I put my request in a few days ago, will you?
Ian Forrester
Find the original here - https://cubicgarden.com/2019/11/08/public-service-internet-monthly-newsletter-nov-2019/