byteboy <byteboy@simons-rock.edu> wrote:
>
> That's amazing - I haven't been keeping up with Wired or any other
> magazines recently due to extended work on my book and thesis - but
as a
> child, is there anything that I can do to help the Extropian cause in
> dealing with this Junior Summit or Nation.1?
>
> Nation.1 definitely sounds like something I'll have to look into.
>
> -byteboy
> http://www.teknopia.org/byteboy
>
> Yak Wax wrote:
>
> > I read just this in a Nicholas Negroponte's recent Wired article
about
> > the upcoming Junior Summit:
> >
> > <quote>
> > One topic on the table will be a proposal by five alumni of the
first
> > Junior Summit to start Nation.1 - a virtual nation for children,
with
> > its own voice, flag, and currency, but without borders or
centralized
> > government. This nation would apply for membership to the UN and
make
> > every effort to include children from developing nations. Here is an
> > excerpt from Nation.1's first proclamation:
> >
> > As a kid growing up with computers, you have ideas, you see
> > possibilities, but they don't count, you're just a kid. Adults need
> > kids, they just don't realize it. They can't relate to what kids
have
> > to offer, because they don't understand technology the way kids do.
> > Kids have valuable perspectives, but the world offers no mechanism
to
> > voice their opinions. They have no representation in world politics
> > and they have no influence in the decisions that govern their
future.
> >
> > So with the help of the second Junior Summit, a group of young, very
> > wired individuals is going to bend, twist, and distort some barriers
> > with the hope those barriers will come undone. We are going to
create
> > a country in cyberspace, not defined by geography or race, but by
> > technology and age: Nation.1 - a country populated and run by kids.
> >
> > Nation.1 is just beginning, and we are considering how to create
> > digital political systems, how to deal with language barriers, how
the
> > technology behind the country will work. We passionately believe
it's
> > worth it, because uniting kids changes their perspective, widens
their
> > understanding, and leads to a better world.
> >
> > Proposals like Nation.1 may seem outrageous, even unthinkable,
> > compared with what we adults would have suggested. That's the way it
> > should be: ultimately, the world must go past what adults believe
will
> > succeed. The global information society is ours only to dream - it
> > will be up to these children to live it out.
> > </quote>
> >
> > What I want to know is - why only kids? I want to have my very own
> > virtual nation. NOW! :-(
> >
> > So here's an idea - make an extropic virtual nation and get
ourselves
> > represented in the UN, how about TransNation? or something similar.
> > Anyone have any idea if this is possible?
> >
> > --Wax
> > _________________________________________________________
> > DO YOU YAHOO!?
> > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
>
>
>
>
_________________________________________________________
DO YOU YAHOO!?
Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com