http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/11/internet-for-peace-nobel/ I'm hesitant to post this here because I'm afraid it's going to turn into an Obama/ left vs right/everyone bashing each other thread. Personally I didn't agree with the committee's choice in who they gave the award to, that is now in the past and has nothing to do with this article or this idea. Giving the Peace Prize to "The Internet" makes a lot of sense, (oh and lets head this off right now, it doesn't mean that Al Gore would be getting his 2nd Nobel either) very fascinating and yet it also is a little sad. Anyway, just wondering what all your thoughts are on this...
Has the prize ever been given to the technology itself, as opposed to its inventor(s), before? Interesting stuff.
The internet is an awesome weapon for bringin enlightenment to the masses about what is happening out there. IMO what has been happening in Iran is actually just started. If we are patient, the proper way to make Iran not a problem anymore is to actually inundate Iran with knowledge about what the rest of the world is like, the freedoms many of us enjoy, and what they are missing out on. If we are patient, and can keep the government there isolated long enough, the people there will take care of the rest. They already did it once to the Shah. What's really funny is the group that threw the Shah out, has came full circle and is as bad as he was. That will be it's demise.
Someone at Wired magazine got a hold of the 1982 Time magazine man of the year issue, where they gave it to "The Computer". It's a publicity stunt. And a pretty stupid one, too. And not that original. Hooray, Beer.
Stunt? No. Publicity? Yes. Not sure why it's stupid to recognize that the internet is probably the greatest voice/tool for peace that we currently have. It's widely recognized that it's the greatest voice/tool for knowledge.
It's a stunt because they look "cool" by suggesting that the prize, which is an individual prize, is given to an inanimate "collective" object. I would have no problems if they suggested it needs to be given to Tim Berners-Lee who came with the hypertext implementation on the IP technologies of what became the world wide web - and say that his contributions that allowed thoughts and information to be distributed around the world against the wills of dictatorships are helping advance peace around the world. This, I would agree with. But, taking the shtick that was invented 27 years ago and doing it again while going out of the "context" of the award - is a stunt.
utter nonsense, Wired magazine has obviously never read commenters on youtube. In fact, given that people are usually nicer to someone they've met in real life versus an anonymous person on the internet, you could just as easily argue that the internet gives a platform for people to be dicks without any repercussions.
I 100% agree that Time mag naming "The Computer" man of the year was a publicity stunt but this seems more than that. This seems to be more than a stunt to me.
LOL, try reading YouTube comments for fifteen minutes and get back to me. The internet's tubes should be tied.
