[Discuss] Reactions to Defense Distributed?

Catarina Mota catarina at openmaterials.org
Thu Oct 31 20:51:22 UTC 2013


Thanks!


On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 4:47 PM, alicia <amgibb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah, I read Technopoly, that one talks a lot about technological
> determinism.
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> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Catarina Mota <catarina at openmaterials.org
> > wrote:
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>> Which of Postman's book would you recommend? I read some of his stuff a
>> long time ago but I can't remember which was the best for this topic... Was
>> it Technopoly?
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>> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 1:06 PM, alicia <amgibb at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> There's a hackaday article, which fits somewhat into those categories,
>>> maybe more of a hacker community, but I think it's what you're getting at:
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>>> http://hackaday.com/2013/05/06/the-first-3d-printed-gun-has-been-fired-and-i-dont-care/
>>> But that's the only one I can think of from the hacker/maker community.
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>>> My personal opinion is tech can be used for good and evil as cited by Technological
>>> determinism <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_determinism>
>>>  and Neil Postman <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Postman>, which
>>> you've probably already read :)
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>>> Alicia
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>>> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Catarina Mota <
>>> catarinamfmota at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> Hi all,
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>>>> I'm trying to take a deeper look at the open source, 3D printable
>>>> weapons issue. Although I found many videos and articles about Defense
>>>> Distributed, I haven't been able to find any comments or reactions from the
>>>> open source / maker community. Does anyone know of any public reactions or
>>>> comments on this topic?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Catarina
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