[p2p-research] Google to tear down social networking walls

[Michel Bauwens]

Hi Athina,

as somebody once said (you know who <g>): 'they'll sell us the rope to hang
them with',

so the fact that a corporation does something, does not automatically mean
that it cannot also be in the interest of somebody else, even though we
realize that this congruence can at best be partial,

of course, it's in their DNA, as you say, to look for their interest first,

Michel

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Athina Karatzogianni <athina.k at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Michel,
>
> I think the key words here are in the last sentence of the article
> "And, yes, it is good for Google. When the web is healthy, and more people
> have more ways to be engaged online, our business is healthy."
>  'our business is healthy' seems is the driving force behind a lot of
> supposed 'revolutionary' developments in technology, and there is nothing
> wrong with at, as long as it is recognised as such so we dont live under
> any illusions.
>
> just a thought. sorry i am in a grumpy mood
>
> athina
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/news/story.html?id=05573e3a-47ee-4ac8-b8db-82986bc01c14
>>
>> how significant is the above?
>>
>> Michel
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> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cyberconflict-Routledge-Research-Information-Technology/dp/0415396840/
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> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Resistance-Conflict-Contemporary-World/dp/0415452988/
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> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cyber-conflict-Politics-Contemporary-Security-Studies/dp/0415459702/
> http://vectors.usc.edu/thoughtmesh/publish/135.php
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> http://www.socialissuescollection.com/
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> http://jbonline.terra.com.br/editorias/internacional/papel/2007/05/20/internacional20070520003.html
>
>
> 'Today the problem is that the glaciers are melting too quickly, and the
> ideas that constructed world politics not quickly enough' Ken Booth 2007.
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