Comments on: Can social media bring about real change? http://www.jarche.com/2009/02/can-social-media-bring-about-real-change/ Life in Perpetual Beta Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nicola Avery http://www.jarche.com/2009/02/can-social-media-bring-about-real-change/comment-page-1/#comment-186832 Nicola Avery Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:07:53 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=2197#comment-186832 @Virginia, @Karyn, I'll settle for a few more years of naivety and hope for now, thanks all the same - all good things start with conversations ;-) @Virginia, @Karyn, I’ll settle for a few more years of naivety and hope for now, thanks all the same – all good things start with conversations ;-)

]]> By: Virginia Yonkers http://www.jarche.com/2009/02/can-social-media-bring-about-real-change/comment-page-1/#comment-186796 Virginia Yonkers Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:24:09 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=2197#comment-186796 Economists tend to look at people as "inputs", things that can be moved around. They base economic policies on the ability to train, standardize, and move around "human capital". Politicians look at the distribution of resources and who should get what. Educaters create curriculums based on the culture and priorities within that culture, the culture's idea of what knowledge is and what is important in the world. We will always have poverty as there will always be clashes in how resources should be shuffled around, who should get what with the limited resources available, and what is important to whom. Poverty can only be diminished by bringing peace and understanding of other views, values, and sharing the wealth. Economists tend to look at people as “inputs”, things that can be moved around. They base economic policies on the ability to train, standardize, and move around “human capital”. Politicians look at the distribution of resources and who should get what. Educaters create curriculums based on the culture and priorities within that culture, the culture’s idea of what knowledge is and what is important in the world.

We will always have poverty as there will always be clashes in how resources should be shuffled around, who should get what with the limited resources available, and what is important to whom. Poverty can only be diminished by bringing peace and understanding of other views, values, and sharing the wealth.

]]> By: Harold Jarche http://www.jarche.com/2009/02/can-social-media-bring-about-real-change/comment-page-1/#comment-186768 Harold Jarche Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:50:44 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=2197#comment-186768 "Oh that a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a Heaven for?" Robert Browning “Oh that a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a Heaven for?” Robert Browning

]]> By: Karyn Romeis http://www.jarche.com/2009/02/can-social-media-bring-about-real-change/comment-page-1/#comment-186766 Karyn Romeis Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:41:04 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=2197#comment-186766 You know what? I'd love to believe that extreme, life-threatening poverty will be a thing of the past during what statistically will be my lifetime. But I can't. Linus Torvalds didn't look at growing food. He developed an operating system. Something which those who are threatened by that level of starvation won't even have heard of. Now I'm not dissing what he did. He worked within the parameters of his interests, abilities and the tools at his disposal. Extremely commendable. But we're talking about two very different things, here. Just think for a moment where food and operating systems fall respectively on Maslow's hierarchy of needs. And there are too many people who have a vested interest in keeping the starving people under the jackboot. Powerful, unscrupulous people. People who don't operate in the civilised circles of those who had/have a vested interest in keeping people paying for their operating systems. Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to have to publicly recant on this point You know what? I’d love to believe that extreme, life-threatening poverty will be a thing of the past during what statistically will be my lifetime.

But I can’t.

Linus Torvalds didn’t look at growing food. He developed an operating system. Something which those who are threatened by that level of starvation won’t even have heard of.

Now I’m not dissing what he did. He worked within the parameters of his interests, abilities and the tools at his disposal. Extremely commendable.

But we’re talking about two very different things, here. Just think for a moment where food and operating systems fall respectively on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. And there are too many people who have a vested interest in keeping the starving people under the jackboot. Powerful, unscrupulous people. People who don’t operate in the civilised circles of those who had/have a vested interest in keeping people paying for their operating systems.

Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to have to publicly recant on this point

]]> By: Nicola Avery http://www.jarche.com/2009/02/can-social-media-bring-about-real-change/comment-page-1/#comment-186758 Nicola Avery Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:44:37 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=2197#comment-186758 Hi, have to confess that haven't had a chance to look at War on Want - I know they have Facebook presence but not sure what else. I spoke to someone from there the other day very briefly - haven't had a huge chance to see about online initiatives but saw they have this: http://www.waronwant.org/campaigns/financial-crisis Also this http://www.6billionways.org.uk/about/ but it appears to be f2f in UK, I will get back in touch with them, Nicola Hi, have to confess that haven’t had a chance to look at War on Want – I know they have Facebook presence but not sure what else. I spoke to someone from there the other day very briefly – haven’t had a huge chance to see about online initiatives but saw they have this:
http://www.waronwant.org/campaigns/financial-crisis

Also this http://www.6billionways.org.uk/about/ but it appears to be f2f in UK,

I will get back in touch with them,
Nicola

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