The #OMN is a call to action to rethink our economic and social systems, embracing open, collaborative, and sustainable practices. It’s about recognizing the ideological forces at play and consciously choosing to build new systems based on different values. The path forward involves both rejecting harmful patterns and creating new ones that better serve the common good.
Filming a police riot in Genoa in 2001, I was at the core of a ten-year court case to prosecute the Italian police, for torture, perjury and false imprisonment.
A river that needs crossing political and tech – On the political side, there is arrogance and ignorance, on the geek side there is naivety and over complexity
All code is ideology solidified into action – most contemporary code is capitalism, this is hardly a surprise if you think about this for a moment. Yes you can try and act on any ideology on top of this code, but the outcome and assumptions are preprogramed… cant find any good links on this…
“WHAT ABOUT HUMAN NATURE?” That simple question posits an even simpler view of human consciousness and decision-making. It says man is flawed—through his greed, jealousy, and selfishness—and that as such, he would destroy and corrupt any system which doesn’t utilize those very flaws. The way capitalism, for example, does with greed, by throwing us in the gladiatorial arena, or to be more realistic, a children’s sandbox, of the free market—where the greediest win.
The role of mythos and traditions, are ways of working in social groups and ideology frameworks. This is a key insight—any new system will need its own stories, values, and rituals to bind people together and give them a shared sense of purpose. So we should consciously grow mythos and traditions we live by #KISS
Open Media Network (#OMN) is a practical use path we can take. The #4opens advocates for building social groups based on principles similar to open source software—openness, transparency, and collaboration. The foundational “mythos and traditions” for new social structures, offering an alternative to the closed and exploitative systems we currently often live inside.