Civilization of the Mind

This week, Ted spoke more on understanding the network society paradigm which is dependent on informational communication technologies.

My remediation this week, resembles the role of ICT, that can send real time communication through great distance. This real time ICT was formed as a result of a ‘ripple effect’ situation where one communication technology, led to all communication technologies that we know of today.

Another side to Ted’s lecture this week, was all about Cyberspace. Something major that stood out to me was John Perry Barlow’s, Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace. Barlow wrote out an email on February 8, 1996 about cyberspace and what he believed about the Internet. This was that the government can’t and won’t control the internet. Below is a powerful quote from the declaration.

“We have no elected government, nor are we likely to have one, so I address you with no greater authority than that with which liberty itself always speaks. I declare the global social space we are building to be naturally independent of the tyrannies you seek to impose on us.” – John Perry Barlow.

~ Until Next Time, R.