http://blog.guerreschi.org Telematics, Democracy and Freedom Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:58:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://blog.guerreschi.org/2008/01/24/imagining-a-positive-flashforward-in-2050/ How to initiate a World Constituent Assembly "within the UN"  but independent of UN Security Council veto holders' undemocratic influence.STEP 1. A Open Transnational Constituent Assembly Caucus is established at the UN General Assembly.- It is open for all nations to join without restrictions or requirements.- It may be ... http://blog.guerreschi.org/2007/08/29/a-un-blessed-but-democratic-world-constituent-assembly/ It is great news that California - the software capital state of the world, the economy best positioned to benefit from a worldwide e-voting market, and lead state in many areas of legislation - has decided to de-certify all e-voting systems.Most, or possibly all, e-voting systems available today are just ... http://blog.guerreschi.org/2007/08/07/software-capital-of-the-world-rules-out-e-voting/ Sustaining an ecosystem of "truly copylefted" telematics applications through the "Work-for-hire" loophole of FLOSS licensesImagine Google decided to aggressively responsiblize and incentivize his employees, consultants and partner companies.It would offer them very extensive performance bonuses on profits generated by software services, which they could design, develop and manage, by extending ... http://blog.guerreschi.org/2007/05/07/how-to-create-a-user-controlled-google-to-land-floss-in-the-internet-age/ It is not enough for citizens to be told to have certain rights as users of a given telematic service, under a license (such as FLOSS), or a legislations (such a national and global privacy protection regulations) or under a contract with the service provider (such as Terms of Use)To ... http://blog.guerreschi.org/2007/04/25/free-telematics-a-model-for-the-democratic-control-of-telematic-services/ (This is a first draft, comment and suggested changes are very welcome. A more final version of this is due by April 15th)Telematics, the integrated use of telecommunications and informatics, is the most crucial industry sector for the future of humanity. It is key to the indispensable updating and possible ... http://blog.guerreschi.org/2007/03/30/how-telematics-can-and-should-save-democracy-draft-01/ Dear fellow world citizens, most of you will read this post in a few years from today, when this blog will have matured, together with the ideas of the author, and through your support, suggestions and leads! The goal of this blog: To entertain a constructive exchange of ideas, with all interested, for ... http://blog.guerreschi.org/2007/03/20/welcome-to-the-best-blog-in-the-all-universe/ Telematics, the integrated use of telecommunications and informatics, is the most crucial industry sector for the future of humanity. It is key to the indispensable updating and possible deepening of our democratic systems, through their adequate extension to the global level and to the main systems of public opinion formation. ... http://blog.guerreschi.org/2007/03/20/telematics-global-democracy-and-media-democracy/