I find it funny that some people on the internet are genuinely surprised that this kind of things can be effective, it’s a bit like opening the tap and being surprised at seeing water flow.
uhm isn’t that kinda what libgen does for digital materials and scihub for papers? although it is far from being complete. but I’ve heard from online leftists at least that stuff like libgen and the marxist / anarchist library pages have been instrumental for knowledge sharing
Yes, LibGen and SciHub are excellent examples of this approach, event if they do not curate (comprehensive access is an important asset for public in itself.). Their approach, which I find interesting, is to extend this idea to social and physical world (e.g. efforts in physical world already exist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_things).
https://www.bitsoffreedom.nl/2024/10/01/victory-dutch-government-does-not-support-eu-proposal-undermining-encryption/
I wonder if we’ll hear about this proposal again… They have a way of coming back
I find it funny that some people on the internet are genuinely surprised that this kind of things can be effective, it’s a bit like opening the tap and being surprised at seeing water flow.
uhm isn’t that kinda what libgen does for digital materials and scihub for papers? although it is far from being complete. but I’ve heard from online leftists at least that stuff like libgen and the marxist / anarchist library pages have been instrumental for knowledge sharing
Yes, LibGen and SciHub are excellent examples of this approach, event if they do not curate (comprehensive access is an important asset for public in itself.). Their approach, which I find interesting, is to extend this idea to social and physical world (e.g. efforts in physical world already exist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_things).
Just got his book! Maybe we can discuss it in one of the next reading group meetings!
got it too a while ago but didn’t start reading it yet :) but this text is also good to discuss indeed!