Re: What to do with knowledge

Posted by Owen Densmore on Jan 03, 2009; 1:01am
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Re-What-to-do-with-knowledge-tp2101042p2104127.html

On Jan 2, 2009, at 9:58 AM, Owen Densmore wrote:
> Bill Joy was ripped for his observation that new technologies are  
> almost certain to be misused, and suggested the knowledge be  
> guarded .. i.e. censored in some sense.
>  Why the future doesn't need us
>  http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy_pr.html
>
> His later talk was better received:
>  http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/bill_joy_muses_on_what_s_next.html
> ...

I went back and read/looked at the two links above.  This lead me to  
collect the article, along with several responses, into a single file,  
attached.

I'm struck how thoughtful he is, and his story about writing a book on  
the topic of the dangers of science and the proliferation of  
knowledge.  It was during the writing of the book, in New York city,  
that 9/11 occurred.

Note: From our earlier discussions, I decided not to attach the  
document in its .rtf version, nor in .doc -- not all of us can read  
those.  So, because the Browser is the Computer, its in html.

     -- Owen


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