Body sense
Human beings experience life in and through their bodies; With the body we are born and some time later die. The body, often before our consciousness realizes, registers how we are, where we are and what is beneficial or detrimental to us. In mediated presence, which is also dependent on the body, such physical cues are not easily available. Nevertheless, technology invaded human perception of the world around and even of the self. Because the body is the instrument that records it all, because it manifests our mortality and because it's sense for what is good or bad for us is so refined, physical presence is needed when issues of ethical nature are at stake.
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Tacit trust IRL
At the GHP I was actually surprised so many times by the trust people placed in each other, which…
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Intercultural links, flaws and sensitivity online
One thing that did not take place at the GHP was a videoconference between Paradiso and Siggraph in…
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Confusion between trusting humans and/or machines
This trustworthiness becomes even more important when one wants to work together online, make live…
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3 AUGUST 1989: THE HACKER IN THE LION'S DEN
The second day at the GHP focused on "$$, secrets & the right to information". note 116 The three
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Nodes
In Wellington New Zealand a group of about 30 people gathered for all three days. They had…
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Infrastructure
In the months following these announcements many connections were made, people approached us and we…
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Spread the Byte
"During the summer of 1989 the world as we know it will go into overload. An interstellar particle…
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Alternative use of technology
The same week a more formal Paradiso press release concerning the ICATA '89 stated the following:
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Designing time
When creating a networked event, one is also designing time. Dramatic events change our sense of…
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To evaluate, learn and distribute by sensing
The way a networked event, which happens in the public domain, is evaluated is very different to…
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Formal and informal encounters
It is like organizing a party. The infrastructure has to be there, one can put a lot of care into…
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Influenced by the media-landscape
Developments in media and modern art, including the performing arts, deeply influence how the…
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A new form of public sphere
The GHP and the 0+Ball were two of the first events in a range of gatherings, and an inspiration to…
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Dutch politics
Amsterdam, the capital of the social democracy of the Netherlands, had a marked climate of…
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Determined by patterns of presence and absence
Communication processes between people are defined by a pattern of the presence and absence of…
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Human Rights and the Internet
“The 20th century will be known both for its commitment to human rights and for the ongoing…