Re: blogs, longbets.org, and education of sociology

On Sun, 25 May 2008 16:25:33 -0700, xahlee@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

I think, the founding of Long Now Foundation with its longbets.org,
shares a concern i have on the tech geeking communities. In particular,
tech geekers need to have a broader education on social sciences, needs
to think in long term, and needs to foster personal responsibility, when
they act or voice opinions on their love of technology. (note: not
reading more motherfucking slashdot or motherfucking groklaw or more
great podcasts on your beatific language or your postmodernistic
fuckhead idols)

(One thing you can do, is actually take a course on philosophy, history,
law, economics, in your local community college.)

Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with Long Now Foundation.

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See also:

“Responsible Software Licensing” (2003-07) by Xah Lee
http://xahlee.org/UnixResource_dir/writ/responsible_license.html

“On Microsoft Hatred” (2002-02-23) Xah Lee
http://xahlee.org/UnixResource_dir/writ/mshatred155.html

Xah
xah@xxxxxxxxxx
∑ http://xahlee.org/

☄


Prediction, angry man tries to saddle zebra, gets mauled by the lions
chasing it.

Dude, chill.

I have an approach to responsibility.

#1. You have a personal self, a private self, and a public self.
#2. Sacrificing one for the others will simply make them hide behind the
survivor constantly irritating and interrupting.
#3. Expose yourself. I have a blogspot account for my public self and a
stumbleupon account for my personal self. My private stuff will find a
venue soon as I figure out what to do with it.
#4. Decompartmentalize yourself. Navigate people's prejudices, but don't
develop an alter ego in the process. Crash their boundaries when they're
on your turf.



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