In the early days of the motorcycle trip, Pirsig describes John and Sylvia as the 'hiding' kind of people - they need technology; their lives are made desirably and necessarily comfortable by it. But they cannot and do not try to understand technology, because all forms of it is alien to them - from a water tap to a motorcycle to a computer chip. Now, Pirsig doesn't understand how it is possible for people to be like that, but it is.
Here I am, toiling over trying to understand encryption and hosting and legal jurisdiction over ISPs, ICPs and other telecom providers, and I would be perfectly happy not knowing. So long as I can listen to my music, and download (albeit with a pirate's patch over mine eyes) my movies/TV shows and books, why does it matter how, where and why the hosting is done?
Actually, it does matter, and Napster, Blackberry, Limewire, Yahoo! and tons of others would tell you that. It does matter, because our rights to free speech, privacy, autonomy, access to and freedom to impart information are all affected directly. Only... complicated, y'know?
Rant done.
2 comments:
isn't it also a distinction to be drawn between the could'a and should'a, seeing as you're probably dealing with the latter..
Is true. The should'a's matter more.
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