Everything Open All at Once: Just how *Open* do we want *Everything* to be, really?
Plenary | Tue 21 Jan 11:40 a.m.–12:25 p.m.
Presented by
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itgrrl
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Abstract
It’s no secret that people who attend an open source | software | hardware | data | government | access | technologies conference are interested in things being… open. It’s right there on the tin: “Everything Open”. But what does it *really* mean for everything to be open?
Are we "open technology absolutists"? Is that a good thing? (Are we the baddies?)
What are the consequences, and for whom? Should we care?
Can we balance right to repair / right to tinker and safety in cyber-physical systems?
Is this a zero-sum game or can everyone "win"?
This talk will explore and interrogate some of the spoken and unspoken assumptions that permeate the open $everything community, and will encourage open source technologists to think deeply about the impact on the world of the technologies that they create, extend, deploy, support, and use.
It’s no secret that people who attend an open source | software | hardware | data | government | access | technologies conference are interested in things being… open. It’s right there on the tin: “Everything Open”. But what does it *really* mean for everything to be open? Are we "open technology absolutists"? Is that a good thing? (Are we the baddies?) What are the consequences, and for whom? Should we care? Can we balance right to repair / right to tinker and safety in cyber-physical systems? Is this a zero-sum game or can everyone "win"? This talk will explore and interrogate some of the spoken and unspoken assumptions that permeate the open $everything community, and will encourage open source technologists to think deeply about the impact on the world of the technologies that they create, extend, deploy, support, and use.