June 2019 – LarrySanger.org

Month: June 2019

#SocialMediaStrike resources

June 28, 2019

Social, Internet

Here I will try to maintain a complete page of links to the main #SocialMediaStrike resources. Includes media to share, below. Social Media Strike! (larrysanger.org)Basic info on the social media strike: On July 4 […]
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Declaration of Digital Independence

June 26, 2019

Theory, Internet, Social

Version 1.3 (June 29, 2019; version history) See also: Social Media Strike! — FAQ about the project to decentralize social media — Resources This document is included as Chapter 11 of my 2020 […]
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Social Media Strike!

June 25, 2019

Theory, Internet, Social

Short URL for this page: tiny.cc/july45 See also: Declaration of Digital Independence — FAQ about the project to decentralize social media — Resources On July 4 and 5 (at least one day), people […]
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FAQ about the project to decentralize social media

June 25, 2019

Theory, Internet, Social

See also: Declaration of Digital Independence — Social Media Strike! — FAQ about the project to decentralize social media — Resources General questions What is the Declaration of Digital Independence? Here it is. […]
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Version history for “Declaration of Digital Independence”

June 9, 2019

Theory, Internet, Social

1.3 (2019-06-29) Added CC-by-sa license (thought I had done this earlier but apparently not). 1.2 (2019-06-29) Added a quote from Thomas Jefferson, author of the original Declaration, and a picture of his Monticello. […]
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The Antivitist Trend in the West

June 5, 2019

Culture, Politics, Philosophy

Recent events have suggested that there is a trend afoot in the West: that life is overrated and that death is not so bad. Call it, for lack of a better term, antivitism […]
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Is letting a 17-year-old die morally equivalent to killing her?

June 5, 2019

Culture, Philosophy

A spate of news articles appeared yesterday, reporting that Dutch 17-year-old mental patient Noa Pothoven was euthanized. This formulation—she was euthanized—caused outrage in certain circles. This is factually incorrect, they say. She was […]
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Some thoughts on the new Voice.com project

June 1, 2019

Internet, Social, Everipedia

This evening we finally learned what the #B1June hype was all about: among other things, a new social media system called Voice.com, built by Block.one, the company behind the outrageously well-performing EOS token. […]
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