16. PART I ethnographic analysis on why Google.CN wasn’t useful in China PART 2 clash in moral orders PART 3 The free-information regime as cultural imperialism and neo-informationalism
41. HACKER ETHIC Information should be free Mistrust of any form of authority decentralization Computer access should be free Information should be shared Computers and free-information improves quality of life
42. Enlightenment Ideals All men are created equal. Kant Morally good acts bring happiness to the greatest number of people Bentham I think therefore I am. Descarte
59. PART 3 The free-information regime as cultural imperialism and neo-informationalism
60. Umair Haque Economist, Writer at Harvard Review Blog, Director of Havas Media Lab “It's an ethical edge...that's always been at the heart of Google's disruptive success.” http://bit.ly/90nClD http://bit.ly/cICMFW
61. MORAL TROPE ethical beliefs that justify expansionary practices of extracting commodities and creating new markets in the name of a "higher calling."
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63. WEapons guns, germs, steel free-information, open platforms, and distributed architectures
68. NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT SOCIAL INFORMATION For example, what role do we want to play in a social agenda that prioritizes the ubiquity of free-information? How comfortable are we with this approach when it is part of an imposition of neo-informationalist values in support of capitalism's search for new information markets?
69. Values that shape our technologies Values that shape the way we use technologies Values that define who we are
70. Thank you! Tricia Wang tw@triciawang.com www.triciawang.com Thanks you to the following funders whose grants have allowed me to conduct my research in China: National Science Foundation and UC Pacific Rim Research Program
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