26 Jan
2015
26 Jan
'15
3:02 p.m.
Also, I just wanted to say specifically that I do find saviorism
problematic. That said, I've noticed that network access is critical for
all sorts of folks that come in to our hackerspaces for a lot of reasons.
I sincerely believe that connectivity is a human right as fundamental as
water, and we have companies like xfinity that have captured what should be
a public good D-: I'd really like a broader conversation in our grassroots
communities to shape bay area policy.
Additionally, someone sent me this link to groups like this in Detroit
http://detroitdjc.org/?page_id=9 We are deluged with tech here in the bay
area, but our visions for access have yet to be defined often times...
On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 8:19 PM, Praveen Sinha <dmhomee(a)gmail.com> wrote:
https://medium.com/@GRardB/techs-high-barrier-to-entry-for-the-underprivile…
There's some problematic stuff with the article, but I think it does a
good job in highlighting broadband/wireless disparities and the critical
role that open wifi and projects like mesh could do to pick up the slack
where the municipal governments are totally failing...