I can’t believe I haven’t read this book until now since it intersects two areas of deep interest to me: technology (specifically programming) and freedom. Essentially the book celebrates liberty as a natural mode for creativity and productivity, with open source software as an example. Raymond has two further findings: that openness doesn’t necessarily imply […]
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Book Review: The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric Raymond
Published July 1st, 2008 in Book Reviews, Technology and Economics. 0 CommentsLessig stars at the Stanford FCC hearing
Published April 18th, 2008 in Internet and Democracy, Technology, Media and Economics. 0 CommentsAfter Comcast admitted to stuffing seats at the FCC hearing at Harvard Law School February 24th, the FCC decided another hearing was necessary. They chose to hold it at Stanford April 17 and I’m watching the FCC’s videocast of the event, which is oddly appropriate, since the focus of the hearing is video on the […]
Amartya Sen at the Aurora Forum at Stanford University: Global Solidarity, Human Rights, and the End of Poverty
Published April 5th, 2008 in Developing world, Human Rights, Talks, Economics and Conferences. 0 CommentsThis is a one day conference to commemorate Martin Luther King’s “The Other America” in his 1967 speech at Stanford, and heed that speech’s call to create a more just world.
Mark Gonnerman, director of the Aurora Forum introduces the event by noting that economic justice is the main theme of King’s legacy. He references King’s […]
Book Review: “Development as Freedom” by Amartya Sen
Published March 18th, 2008 in Book Reviews, Developing world, Statistics, Human Rights and Economics. 0 CommentsWhat is a developed country? According to Sen, development should be measured by how much freedom a country has since without freedom people cannot make the choices that allow them to help themselves and others. He defines freedom as an interdependent bundle of:
1) political freedom and civil rights,
2) economic freedom including opportunities to get credit,
3) […]
