Of Hobbits, Amish, Hackers and Technology (or, is technology for humans or vice versa?)

Of Hobbits, Amish, Hackers and Technology (or, is technology for humans or vice versa?) Kaido Kikkas Associate professor of social and free software Department of Informatics, Tallinn University kakk@kakupesa.net http://www.kakupesa.net University of Joensuu, 23.04.07

As they use to say in Internet: WTF? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

J.R.R. Tolkien ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The ideal world of Tolkien ,[object Object]

Tolkien and hackers? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Amish – the Hobbits of today? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Really? ,[object Object],[object Object]

But... ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Still... where's the point? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

An example: why no phones at home? ,[object Object],[object Object]

Why no school? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Jump to another world: hackers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

For more on the hacker tradition see the following: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Amish vs hackers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Technology for people – or the other way round? ,[object Object]

Thought-provoking stuff ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

But WHAT is changing then? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

... ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Three important factors (Benkler) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Linus' Law ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Common wisdom ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ One ring to rule them all...” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Potential dangers today ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The lesson from the Amish ,[object Object],[object Object]

Some more Himanen ,[object Object]

Final words ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Some more online reading materials ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Thanks! :-) These slides will be available under the Creative Commons BY-SA license at SlideShare (http://www.slideshare.net/UncleOwl)

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