Comments on: Everyone else is posting this, so I will too http://www.levjoy.com/blog/2005/09/29/everyone-else-is-posting-this-so-i-will-too/ Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:57:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mJ http://www.levjoy.com/blog/2005/09/29/everyone-else-is-posting-this-so-i-will-too/comment-page-1/#comment-167 mJ Sat, 01 Oct 2005 16:48:36 +0000 http://www.levjoy.com/2005/09/everyone-else-is-posting-this-so-i-will-too/#comment-167 I don't know if I subscribe to the belief that computer technology is inherently good. It is a tool to be used for good or deviant deeds. I think it is great to want to do good and to find ways to better lives around the world. What concerns me is that in this scenario we (the technologically philanthropic) are playing big brother/sister to our technologically deprived. What if we don't like what they do with the technology? What kind of responsibility do we bear for handing them a tool that they might use to wage war on each other? I'm not advocating witholding the goods of our developments, I just worry about the responsibility and the conditions we consider attaching to our good-natured giving. I don’t know if I subscribe to the belief that computer technology is inherently good. It is a tool to be used for good or deviant deeds. I think it is great to want to do good and to find ways to better lives around the world.

What concerns me is that in this scenario we (the technologically philanthropic) are playing big brother/sister to our technologically deprived. What if we don’t like what they do with the technology? What kind of responsibility do we bear for handing them a tool that they might use to wage war on each other?

I’m not advocating witholding the goods of our developments, I just worry about the responsibility and the conditions we consider attaching to our good-natured giving.

]]> By: SL http://www.levjoy.com/blog/2005/09/29/everyone-else-is-posting-this-so-i-will-too/comment-page-1/#comment-165 SL Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:20:11 +0000 http://www.levjoy.com/2005/09/everyone-else-is-posting-this-so-i-will-too/#comment-165 Unfortunately, efforts that don't reap concrete outcomes -- money -- there is often too litle energy and interest put into a project like this. And, folks with big bucks -- and a social conscience -- are a real necessity...but, sadly, not as prevalent as those where monetary rewards are the primary rewards. Still, it's something that should definitely be pursued. Unfortunately, efforts that don’t reap concrete outcomes — money — there is often too litle energy and interest put into a project like this. And, folks with big bucks — and a social conscience — are a real necessity…but, sadly, not as prevalent as those where monetary rewards are the primary rewards. Still, it’s something that should definitely be pursued.

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