I have always admired freak power and the various revolutions in civil liberty that it has helped achieve. I always dream of having been there, not so as to tell people so but to know that I was part of social change, of something much bigger than me.
Over the years people have become too conservative to rattle cages and ask difficult questions. Afraid to be seen questioning and look where that got us. Everyone is to blame, not just banks and governments.
Now, in turbulent economic times, it’s time for geek power to shine. While Charlie Brooker set the scene for a “summer of rage” and woe in a recent article in The Guardian, by the grace of mother earth freak power may restore its powerful ambition. Meanwhile, however, geeks will be building the foundations for a knowledge based economy.
It has already been said that this knowledge will tilt the world back on it’s monetary axis. It’s a pity that, Ireland, a country with a pitiful broadband connection service may miss out on it and become second rate.
How people use the Internet is changing at an alarming rate and it’ll be up to the geeks of the world to build a new order around it.
Imagine a world where geeks were in charge. There’d be no need for war, it’s a clear waste of human and technological resources. Religious fanatacism would leave the realm of power and the only thing that people would argue over is who stole who’s idea first?
Geeks of the world, unite. The world is yours: steer her well.
