[FRIAM] Globalism in the age of populism? .. & Open Source Software

[Gillian Densmore]

Indeed! ^_^

On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 7:30 AM, Steven A Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:

> Gil -
>
> The sun just rose here as well, as I read this... I guess Donald's powers
> are weaker than he thinks.
>
> - Steve
>
> On 1/27/17 7:24 AM, Gillian Densmore wrote:
>
> For What It's Worth at around 710AM before some meditation on a stunningly
> nice FridayMorning:
>
> It depends.
> Sounds to me you're just geeking out about Social Media That's totally
> fine. It's pretty cool- or can be.. Keep in mind only certain Geeks are
> likely to know about or even want to use GitHub for example.
> And your (somewhat) preaching to the quire. Or at least the Trouble and
> Bass part.
> Not everyone wants to resort to FaceBook chat just to say hi. Some want to
> talk on that thing you routinely want to chuck off your roof: Da Phone. I
> know well the aholery of robodialers, as does everyone. Personally I screen
> my calls as nomorefobo doesn't (yet) like  CyberMesa.
>
> Their's draw backs to offshoring and the way "Globalism" is going.;
>
>  I had a (infamously) problematic issue with Googles Wallet. They sent me
> to India (where google has some it's tech support) They just didn't know
> what the issue was. Problem: Wouldn't it be a good thing for google (for
> example) to have decen number of people in irvine and mountain view to be
> good ol fationed skunks such. For one: what if something goes wrong? Some
> off shored out fits simply can't (or won't ) fix issues though.
> A lot of places are mis-using tech and globalism " ". Go to Smiths. Self
> check out( for example): Why don't they hire a few more dudes for that?
> Google: Everything is beta, and might not work..
> Comcast
> TSA
> Etc.
>
> On the brighter side: OMFG voice-to-text! YAR Why didn't I use that
> sooner?
>
> Facebook(sort of) is useful and fun to chat with some of my friends  Or a
> quick check in about meetups. I'm part of several global clubs. Some do
> fucking awsome work in their areas.
>
> I suspect Dad's Smarmy side is geeking out about That Person.  I know not
> where this flare up of domestic and global Drama  will lead.
> No place good i'd imagine.
>
> Ask not for trouble. Ye shalt get it.
>
> In the meen time check out the sunrse it is super pretty, and the sky is
> wonderfully clear. Let us hope warm sunny weather is soon.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 8:33 PM, Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com>
> wrote:
>
>> "I daily chat with pioneers in tech fields, most of whom are not in my
>> state or even my country .. if I can call it mine any more. And we get
>> along just fine and the whole is greater than the some of its parts."
>>
>>
>> If the activity is commercial, then one could imagine that new
>> protectionist policies could make it harder for you to perform financial
>> transactions with your collaborators.   You may instead be incentivized to
>> work with domestic collaborators even if they are inferior or less
>> appropriate.  You could try to sidestep the issue with Bitcoin, but then
>> you are taking legal risks.
>>
>>
>> Marcus
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> on behalf of Owen Densmore <
>> owen at backspaces.net>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, January 26, 2017 7:10:50 PM
>> *To:* Complexity Coffee Group; Wedtech
>> *Subject:* [FRIAM] Globalism in the age of populism? .. & Open Source
>> Software
>>
>> With all our concerns about Trump, and the article on 8 European populist
>> ..  10 if you include US and Brexit
>>
>> https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/05/world/europe/
>> populism-in-age-of-trump.html
>>
>> .. I oddly got thinking about "our" kind of globalism: the Friam &
>> WedTech lists, and open source Open Source Software and global
>> communication.
>>
>> I daily chat with pioneers in tech fields, most of whom are not in my
>> state or even my country .. if I can call it mine any more. And we get
>> along just fine and the whole is greater than the some of its parts.
>>
>> I use GitHub to ask for an improvement in a software library. I use
>> twitter to ask a question of a technologist. I store my data world wide,
>> often which moves to be closer to the consumer. There are no walls, and
>> there is a lot of cooperation. My world I guess is not Populist.
>>
>> I don't think that can be easily broken, but certainly Northern Korea has
>> done it, as have some others. US?
>>
>> Don't most of us have the same experiences: Travel, co-workers, global
>> facilities and so on? That at least is a ray of hope.
>>
>>    -- Owen
>>
>>
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