From 5af729f36b54ee86edcbfc8c25295fad9a3eccd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: holger krekel Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:10:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] added my talk --- proposed/secession_from_broadcast.md | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+) create mode 100644 proposed/secession_from_broadcast.md diff --git a/proposed/secession_from_broadcast.md b/proposed/secession_from_broadcast.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0551aae --- /dev/null +++ b/proposed/secession_from_broadcast.md @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +#infos + +auth-name : holger krekel +tag : decentralization, edges, questions + +advance costs : N +need room : Y +Location : Freiburg, Germany +Can host ppl : na + + +# Secession from the broadcast + +It's time to travel to the edges because this is where the interesting stuff +happens. "What is popular" is rarely a question that helps finding edges. +In this talk round i'll recap what i learned in 15 months of my +re-juvenated and re-energized quest into decentralization and what it +means. + +For one, I'd like to present a question from Gene Youngblood's +"Secession from the broadcast" lecture [1]: "how can we create on the +same scale as we can destroy?". Gene suggests we need to move away from +the "Audience nation" by becoming "political actors" instead of +"interested spectators of action". + +Second, I highlight a thought from Adam Ierymenko [2]: If full +decentralization is technically too hard currently, can we construct and +make use of a **Blind Idiot God** (BIG) instance which co-ordinates some +communication but can not abuse it or even understand what's going on +precisely? + +Lastly, how can we create sustained systems and products if we +don't want to imitate the centralized web service cash cow model? +As Laura Kolbag [3] pointed out recently in Nuernberg, paying +for software might not be so bad if the "free to use" models +mean surveillance and centralized control. And she suggests +that design and useability should drive Open Source software +instead of features and options. + +The edges are where we encounter the others, those who are somehow +not like us. It's a place where i easily run into fears. At the edges +there is no central authority suggesting what to think or do next. The +number of people at the edges is by definition lower than in the center. +But it's where things can happen. Secession from the broadcast. + +[1] http://www.secessionfromthebroadcast.org/2013/10/29/secession-broadcast-internet-crisis-social-control/ +[2] http://adamierymenko.com/decentralization-i-want-to-believe/ +[3] https://border-none.net/2014/scene-setters#c81 + From 1bac7486a35d9c20788aa3e2f007243aa7b1572f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: holger krekel Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:34:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] some refinements --- proposed/secession_from_broadcast.md | 44 +++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/proposed/secession_from_broadcast.md b/proposed/secession_from_broadcast.md index 0551aae..adc6447 100644 --- a/proposed/secession_from_broadcast.md +++ b/proposed/secession_from_broadcast.md @@ -13,37 +13,39 @@ Can host ppl : na It's time to travel to the edges because this is where the interesting stuff happens. "What is popular" is rarely a question that helps finding edges. -In this talk round i'll recap what i learned in 15 months of my -re-juvenated and re-energized quest into decentralization and what it -means. +I'd like to recap what i learned in 15 months of my re-juvenated and +re-energized quest into decentralization and what it might mean. -For one, I'd like to present a question from Gene Youngblood's -"Secession from the broadcast" lecture [1]: "how can we create on the +For one, I'd like to forward a question from Gene Youngblood's +[Secession from the broadcast lecture][1]: "how can we create on the same scale as we can destroy?". Gene suggests we need to move away from -the "Audience nation" by becoming "political actors" instead of -"interested spectators of action". +the "audience nation" by becoming "political actors" instead of +"interested spectators of action". -Second, I highlight a thought from Adam Ierymenko [2]: If full -decentralization is technically too hard currently, can we construct and -make use of a **Blind Idiot God** (BIG) instance which co-ordinates some -communication but can not abuse it or even understand what's going on -precisely? +Second, I paraphrase a thought from Adam Ierymenko's [I want to +believe][2]: If full decentralization is technically too hard currently, +can we construct and make use of a "Blind Idiot God" (BIG) instance +which co-ordinates some communication but can not abuse it or even +understand what's going on precisely? -Lastly, how can we create sustained systems and products if we -don't want to imitate the centralized web service cash cow model? +Lastly, I wonder how can we create sustained systems and services if we +don't want the centralized web service cash cow control model? As Laura Kolbag [3] pointed out recently in Nuernberg, paying for software might not be so bad if the "free to use" models -mean surveillance and centralized control. And she suggests -that design and useability should drive Open Source software +mean surveillance and centralized control. And she notes +that design and useability should drive open source developments instead of features and options. -The edges are where we encounter the others, those who are somehow -not like us. It's a place where i easily run into fears. At the edges -there is no central authority suggesting what to think or do next. The -number of people at the edges is by definition lower than in the center. -But it's where things can happen. Secession from the broadcast. +The edges are where we encounter the others, those who are somehow unlike. +It's a place where i easily run into fears and look for friends. At the edges +there is no central authority suggesting what to think or do next. And +the number of people at the edges is always lower than in the center. +But that's fine, this is how things get moving as i've experienced +myself a number of times now. [1] http://www.secessionfromthebroadcast.org/2013/10/29/secession-broadcast-internet-crisis-social-control/ + [2] http://adamierymenko.com/decentralization-i-want-to-believe/ + [3] https://border-none.net/2014/scene-setters#c81