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I've just returned from a philosophical café about algorithms and society. A 78 year old attendee in the audience was advocating Linux to avoid junk on your co
by oever 8y ago
I've just returned from a philosophical café about algorithms and society. A 78 year old attendee in the audience was advocating Linux to avoid junk on your computer. He claimed it's easy for anyone to switch from Windows to Linux as he had done last year. He installed Linux Mint himself, which he claimed is easy because it's just a download and he's not a technical person himself.
- ajmurmann 8y agoWhat is a "philosophical Cafe"? Sounds awesome. Edit: Google sends me to https://www.cafesphilo.org/ https://www.cafesphilo.org/ which sounds great but seems to be mainly limited to France.
- scarejunba 8y agoYou found the right thing. It's mostly French and exclusively European. They're places to discuss ideas and theories respectfully and civilly. I don't think the same thing exists in America in any form. The topics can vary from "the nature of choice" to something like what GP posted.
- toyg 8y agoThe map on that page has pins on Tunisia, Georgia, Brazil, US (NY i think) and the Caribbeans. But yes, most of the others are in France.
- licebmi__at__ 8y agoNice, a friend of mine runs a similar concept in Mexico, maybe he can find some resources in there.
- meddlepal 8y agoSomething tells me a 78 year old attending a Philosophy meetup about Algorithms and Society is probably a hell of a lot smarter than your average 78 year old.
- lostapathy 8y agoSmarter, or just more open minded and/or motivated?