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Science,democracy &technology: BeingLinnaean in thedigital age Mathias Klang @klang67

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"looking like a tough character that does not want or need a caress"Peter “Fearless” Forsskål (1732-1763) Forsskaolea tenacissima

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Access to “Truth” (knowledge)

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Thoughts on civil liberty (1759)

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If liberty means anything at all, it means the right totell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell

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Truth always wins when it is allowed tobe denied and defended equally (§8)

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Civil liberty is theunlimited freedom ofthe written word (7§)

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People oppress each other (5§)

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Censorlibrorum: Niklas von Oelreich

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Law Contextual &programmed social rules Architecture

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A ridiculously brief history of computing

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Generation zero

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hollerith

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World wide web (an open standard)Hypertext in the wild - Tim Berners-Lee (1990/91)

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The digital is the original & everything is copy

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Interfaces of knowledge

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Blogger 1999Google 1999 End of communications monopoly

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Only 30 kg

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Limitless303 grams

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“all is for the best in thebest of all possibleworlds” Pangloss in Candide (1759)

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Infrastructures of control

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To this liberty, the greatest danger isalways posed by those who are themost powerful in the country by dintof their positions, estate, or wealth.Not only can they easily abuse thepower they hold, but also constantlyincrease their rights and strength, sothat the other inhabitants must fearthem more and more. (4§)

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Only technology(spot the ethical dilemma?)

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Formats, (false) metaphors and drm

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Ephemeralknowledge

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Lenses to the world

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Surveillance as hidden cost

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To ensure digital civilliberty politiciansmust be fearless,weigh people abovecommerce & speechabove infrastructure

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THANKS!

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Mathias Klang klang@ituniv.se or @klang67 www.digital-rights.netImage & licensing info in the notes section of slides. Images at www.flickr.com (or specifically stated). This ppt licensed: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA Download presentation www.slideshare.net/klang