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The New Committee That Will Rule, GuysAt the December 19th meeting, I am moving to create
"a committee to explore the feasibility and potential of interconnecting politics and technology in dynamic ways". I would very much like it if we could create this committee. And I would also like it a lot if you joined once it is started. I know my proposal is a bit wordy, but it was how I could best articulate it at the time. I am only human, after all.
Politechs -or- TechnoliticsI think the most interesting thing in the world is when politics and technology interact. It's more or less why I love the pirate party. It's why I am a supporter and fan of wikileaks. I think as time goes on, the mingling of tech and politics will bring about great positive change. I have had a lot of ideas on how to make politics and technology have a baby, and I want to share them. I also want to encourage you thoughtful fellows to come out and share your ideas on how to trick these bad boys into breeding. In addition to that, we may tackle other issues related to our core platform.
What is to be done by this Group?I want to start a private group of resourceful and intelligent pirate party members to explore possibilities, work together in a positive and motivated atmosphere, and do research on the possibilities of this new digital age. In time, after discussion and many re-writes in the pirate pad, we will release reports on our findings. Although the atmosphere of the forum will be light and posters will be encouraged to share even the craziest of ideas, or joke around at their discretion, our reports will be taken very seriously.
Why Bother?In the coming years, I think it will be beneficial to synonomise PPOC with great things. Something that I find great is people using technology to make the world a better place. Seeing as we are a political party with a technology related background ( I admit there is more to us than that- but it's my favorite part ok! ) I think it would be appropriate for us to have a behind-the-scenes council who is attempting to use real-life data and out of the box thinking to provide blueprints for a cool future. The best reports (after passing rigorous editing by our fine pirate experts and political experts) could be issued in press releases, or be used as interview fodder to keep up PPOC visibility. If it goes well, there is the potential that we could collaborate with members of other Pirate Party's to create alternative platforms, share knowledge, and work together for a better tomorrow. And other great positive stuff like that.
What Kind of Reports, Tough Guy?These are just ideas, so they may be used for threads but not necessarily official reports.
- The potential for direct democracy via the internet.
- Digital Dissidents
- Hypothetical Political Web Applications
- Linux and/or open source public office computing
- CSICleaks.ca and/or other governmental uses of emerging technology
- Social Effects of File Sharing
- What is good about file sharing
- What is bad about file sharing
- How to motivate people
- More! Whatever our smart crew of cool dudes can come up with!
So how about it folks? Anybody want to lend a hand? Do you guys think this is a good idea?