Topic: Video: Edward Snowden: Here's how we take back the Internet (Read 1274 times)
Let me explain. I don’t just mean in terms of covid, but we can start there. You know the statistic by now: America has 5% of the world’s population, but 20% of its covid deaths. What that means in practice, though, is that if you’re American, your chances of getting sick and possibly even dying from an illness which has been handled much better in other parts of the world, is vastly higher. How much higher? Well, for example, New Zealand has conquered Covid not once, but twice. Across even Africa and Asia, Covid has been largely kept in check. Your chances of succumbing to Covid as an American are anywhere from 5 to…well, technically, anywhere from 5 to infinity times higher than most of the rest of the world right now.
Apple’s popular Apple Watch has created a cottage industry of super-cheap smartwatches that, in some case, look a lot like the Apple Watch and even offer some of the same features, but won’t offer the same level of iPhone and iOS integration or, based on some of the reviews I read of the Q7, reliability.
Let me explain. I don’t just mean in terms of covid, but we can start there. You know the statistic by now: America has 5% of the world’s population, but 20% of its covid deaths. What that means in practice, though, is that if you’re American, your chances of getting sick and possibly even dying from an illness which has been handled much better in other parts of the world, is vastly higher. How much higher? Well, for example, New Zealand has conquered Covid not once, but twice. Across even Africa and Asia, Covid has been largely kept in check. Your chances of succumbing to Covid as an American are anywhere from 5 to…well, technically, anywhere from 5 to infinity times higher than most of the rest of the world right now.
And then electricity came onto the scene as a viable technology during the late 1800s. All of the sudden, there was no need for a bulky steam engine to sit on-site and take up space. Instead, the electricity could be transmitted at a distance to power on-site electric motors, with the added perk of bringing the high-tech invention of incandescent light. This changeover from steam to electrical power marks “the second industrial revolution”, during a period when British manufacturers were dominant and had mastered using steam power. The resulting complacency and resistance to change — just as manufacturing in the U.S. was kicking off — resulted in the British getting disrupted by the upstart Americans who used electricity to power their factories. You can read a lot of this subtext in Banham’s book. Design’s centrality switched from being European-centric to US-centric, primarily due to this technology shift.
Edward Snowden: Here's how we take back the Internet
http://www.ted.com/talks/edward_snowden_here_s_how_we_take_back_the_internet
http://www.ted.com/talks/edward_snowden_here_s_how_we_take_back_the_internet
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