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Information Technology and Moral Values (2012)
- dennykane 10y agoI am currently trying to do justice to the moral notion of making the world, in itself, more rational. Many people can make this kind of claim, but how does one in fact go about doing it? The way I see it, the world -- at least the way in which we humans can make sense out if it -- is essentially a function of its own information system; predominantly, the world wide web. It therefore doesn't take too much of a jump to make the argument that perhaps the best method of making the world better is by way of improving on the current state of affairs in the realm of web development. To that end, I have been working on a project called "Linux on the Web" for nearly 5 years now. It can be found here: https://linuxontheweb.appspot.com https://linuxontheweb.appspot.com It is currently a prototype that requires a fully capable, fairly recent Chromium-based browser. To understand the fundamentals, I created this youtube video earlier this morning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tl8I8YcH7g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tl8I8YcH7g In the video, I start doing streaming of the actual system at around the 17 minute mark. Before then, you must suffer through some philosophical hand-wavery.
- nowarninglabel 10y agoI think perhaps the reason you got downvoted was for taking a privileged perspective in terms of thinking all humans make sense of the world through the world wide web. Most of the world isn't checking the internet constantly. Even if one were to take the position that they will be soon, it's still perhaps limited to think that improving upon that is the best we can do.
- bluetwo 10y agoI wonder what the most morally challenging assignments HN readers have been asked to complete.