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Not so fast
So, the majority of the presentations, interviews, and demos at Web 2.0 had at their core the following theme: "power to the People". Well, not stated that way, of course. But in any event this is the unmistakable common sentiment. This surprised me so much earlier in the conference that in the previous posting I went so far as to opine that these folks might share my world view, at least in part. Well, not so fast. The people here certainly seem to "get" the importance of People, self-reliance, community, and such. But there seems to be scant awareness of the dire threats to these targets posed by the Corporations. Sure, there was an oblique reference to the anti-People actions of major telecoms like Comcast and SBC with respect to WiFi. And sure, there's a vague, unstated, subliminal mood of "protest" in this place directed squarely against entrenched, concentrated powers. But I still think the majority of folks at this conference would find this blog to be quite off the wall. I think the reason for that is that few here seem to be thinking about health, and the deadly impact of Corporations on our health. I suspect that nothing short of an acute health crisis would wake up folks. Here's hoping our collective sleep remains peaceful.
[posted: 10/07/05]
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