Stephen's Web
By Paul Lyons
I came across Stephen's Web when looking for a resource for RSS. The title of his essay "How to Create an RSS Feed With Notepad, a Web Server, and a Beer" made me pause – now here is a guy who has a sense of humor! Throughout the essay he instructs you to copy and paste various pieces of code do this then that and then "take a drink from your beer, you deserve it." Besides that essay, his site is a vast resource of useful information as well as excellent essays on all aspects of life.
A seemingly idealistic Canadian, he writes:
I want and visualize and aspire toward a system of society and learning where each person is able to rise to his or her fullest potential without social or financial encumberance, where they may express themselves fully and without reservation through art, writing, athletics, invention, or even through their avocations or lifestyle.
Where they are able to form networks of meaningful and rewarding relationships with their peers, with people who share the same interests or hobbies, the same political or religious affiliations - or different interests or affiliations, as the case may be.
This to me is a society where knowledge and learning are public goods, freely created and shared, not hoarded or withheld in order to extract wealth or influence.
This is what I aspire toward, this is what I work toward.
- Stephen Downes
The second to last paragraph is really where the rub is - the "extracting of wealth and influence from knowledge and learning" is the world we live in and the playing field is unfortunately anything but fair.
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