[ELECTRON] GLASGOW STUDENTS AGAINST CUTS: Monday 29th November: New Glasgow-wide day of education/planning against cuts and for resistance

[Ben Dembroski]

The can be, but it certainly resides on a sliding scale with a huge
range.  

The use of Twitter by Iranian protesters is more political than me
deciding to use an Arduino over a Basic Stamp to automate the watering
of my house plants.  There's nothing inherently political about
technology.  IMHO, politics enter the equation when the tech is used,
consumed or referenced within the wider context of human interactions
and power relationships.

I would hope that any of these topics would equally welcome on this
list.

Equally important is the distinction that not everything "political" has
a significant element of "technology" to it.

--
Ben


On Tue, 2010-11-30 at 11:01 +0000, M.Hersh wrote:
> Hi,
> I would also point out that technology itself and its uses are political.
> Marion