As I wrote about last week, I am participating in an incredible program at the Aspen Institute called the Great Decision Series.
This week, we discussed the ethics and values behind cybersecurity. Not just domestically, but also abroad.
What is our role in protecing individual's privacy on the internet?
What is our role in opening up information on the internet to countries that severely restrict - and sometimes shut-down - access?
Who is responsible or policing the internet - people, private enterprises, governments, or a new global body?
Regardless of your view on things, one thing about the internet remains true - it's value has nothing to do with the amazing infrastructure that keeps it open, instead the value lies with the real things the internet gives you access to. Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube allowed the rest of the word to see and hear about the reality of the Egyptian uprising directly from the people. Actual information is used to fuel progress in the most poverty-stricken nations. Real money is able to seamlessly flow and empower emerging, socially responsible entrepreneurs and provide education.
Sure, more and more time is spent on computers and mobile devices, but maybe this isn't as alarming as it seems. After all, virtual as it might be, it is connecting to us to real things on the other end - if we let it.
What is our role in protecing individual's privacy on the internet?
What is our role in opening up information on the internet to countries that severely restrict - and sometimes shut-down - access?
Who is responsible or policing the internet - people, private enterprises, governments, or a new global body?
Regardless of your view on things, one thing about the internet remains true - it's value has nothing to do with the amazing infrastructure that keeps it open, instead the value lies with the real things the internet gives you access to. Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube allowed the rest of the word to see and hear about the reality of the Egyptian uprising directly from the people. Actual information is used to fuel progress in the most poverty-stricken nations. Real money is able to seamlessly flow and empower emerging, socially responsible entrepreneurs and provide education.
Sure, more and more time is spent on computers and mobile devices, but maybe this isn't as alarming as it seems. After all, virtual as it might be, it is connecting to us to real things on the other end - if we let it.
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