Many years ago, I was walking past De Twee Pauwen Art Gallery in The Hague when I noticed the paintings of Alessandro Papetti in its window.
Monthly Archive for April, 2008
Philosophy of Information is probably going to be the next subject I’ll be studying - after I’m done with Philosophy of the Mind.
I’ve been thinking about a philosophy of information for some time now - but I didn’t even know there was such a thing out there. The closest thing I could find to what I have in mind is this book by Luciano Floridi. He also has a blog.
Epicurus in “Letter to Menoeceus”: “Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.”
Dawkins quoting Alun Anderson: “Science is interesting, and if you don’t agree, you can fuck off.”
“Transparency” - There’s a word not often heard from the mouths of politicians, unless it’s directed at the opposition. Who are these people who govern us? We do not know. We know all too little about their beliefs, their goals, their actions, their failures, and their successes. We need to know, for we have given them the power to govern over us.
So let’s keep tags on them. Let’s collect information about them, let’s share the information we have. Let them not hide anymore from us behind the power we have given them.
If you agree, then you should consider the following idea. Let’s setup a wiki where people can collect information on parties, politicians, and high government officials from every government in the world. Let’s publish their CVs on the internet, and let’s talk about what they do and have done. There should be forums, articles, pictures, and videos.
Let politicians be haunted and humbled by their failures, and let them take pride in their successes. Let them know the true burden they carry. The established media have too short a memory and attention span. We should not.