Post by Adam on Nov 5, 2008 17:33:07 GMT -5
Great video.
Dave.
The Crime of Reason
Prof. Laughlin earned an AB in mathematics from UC Berkeley in 1972 and a PhD in Physics from MIT in 1981.
There is increasing talk about the disappearance of technical knowledge from the public domain, both because it is a security danger and because it is economically valuable. I argue that this development is not anomalous at all but a great historic trend tied to our transition to the information age. We are in the process of losing a human right that all of us thought we had but actually didn't - the right to learn things as we can and better ourselves economically from what we learn. Increasingly, figuring out important things (as opposed to unimportant ones) for yourself will become theft and terrorism. Increasingly, reason itself will become a crime.
www.parc.com/cms/get_article.php?id=792
Dave.
The Crime of Reason
Prof. Laughlin earned an AB in mathematics from UC Berkeley in 1972 and a PhD in Physics from MIT in 1981.
There is increasing talk about the disappearance of technical knowledge from the public domain, both because it is a security danger and because it is economically valuable. I argue that this development is not anomalous at all but a great historic trend tied to our transition to the information age. We are in the process of losing a human right that all of us thought we had but actually didn't - the right to learn things as we can and better ourselves economically from what we learn. Increasingly, figuring out important things (as opposed to unimportant ones) for yourself will become theft and terrorism. Increasingly, reason itself will become a crime.
www.parc.com/cms/get_article.php?id=792