Toward a Larger Left
Aaron Swartz,
Crooked Timber,
Aug 04, 2009
Aaron Swartz was helping define RSS and content syndication when he was in his early teens. Now he's in university and trying to define "left" to a largely sceptical readership.Has nothing to do with ed tech, but I've always been a fan of Aaron Swartz and I like this item a lot, especially this brief definition of "left": "democracy. Media democracy, to prevent the population from being misled by deluded elites with big megaphones. Economic democracy, to promote a better mix and fairer distribution of societal goods and necessary evils. And political democracy, so that our military isn't led by murderous thugs into endless immoral engagements." Which, regular readers will know, looks a lot like my own philosophy. Realted: Education Based on a Democratic Ethic?
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