[hackerspaces] Pro-Active thoughts on freedom was: (Re: Guy I met is trying to build a unified transhuman group)

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On 2012-03-03 12:17, quemener.yves at free.fr wrote:
>> Sure there is an ethical/political debate to be had/fought
>> regarding body modifications, but does it require a movement at
>> this point? Or is it more about finding like-minded people(that's
>> how I see it)? And is this an 'US thing' or international?
> 
> I don't think it is too early to start a debate. If we had started
> debating the place of culture on internet and how copying data
> would the change the way authors can be retributed, we would have
> prevented the really silly conflict that is happening right now.
> 
> That's why I think we should not wait for the technology to be
> available to encourage debate about things like 3D printing on the
> copying of objects or the legality of providing surgical implants
> that are not medically required.

Point, I do feel as far as hackers have reacted to politics, it has
been largely re-active and little pro-active. Then again, you'd
generally don't think about what freedoms will be taken from you and
finding out how to safeguard that isn't within the field of most
hackers expertise I think.

But it's a good train of thought, how would we safeguard the freedom
we enjoy so much as hackers? How could we expand it? what limitations
do we want to overthrow (for instance allowing non-medically-required
implants)?

I'm not sure where to start.

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