Last Thoughts in the Last Moments of the Year
This might be my last note this year. Best wishes to all my colleagues, friends and readers for a happy and healthy New Year.
I suppose the best wish all media and communications activists could have for the next year, would be that of Joichi Ito, Vice President of international and mobility for Technorati, at Global Voices. He wishes for the Global Voices Covenant to become our standard for free communication.
Ito says:
According to the Global Voices Manifesto, renamed to the Global Voices Covenant 0.2:
Nothing else to say except wishing you all the best in the New Year.
I suppose the best wish all media and communications activists could have for the next year, would be that of Joichi Ito, Vice President of international and mobility for Technorati, at Global Voices. He wishes for the Global Voices Covenant to become our standard for free communication.
Ito says:
In the past, we had to rely on TV shows to try to feel empathy for people in other countries and organizations such as UNICEF to try to give our support to humanitarian efforts. These were and are noble efforts. However, at our fingertips, we have the ability to reach out and speak to, build bridges with and interact with those people we have been "wishing well" to in the abstract for all of these years. We have a long way to go before we are able to hear the voices of everyone on earth, but I believe that providing voices and building bridges is essential for the World Peace we all wish for...
According to the Global Voices Manifesto, renamed to the Global Voices Covenant 0.2:
...We believe in universal access to the tools of speech...
Thanks to new tools, speech need no longer be controlled by those who own the means of publishing and distribution, or by governments that would restrict thought and communication. Now, anyone can wield the power of the press. Everyone can tell their stories to the world.
We want to build bridges across the gulfs of culture and language that divide people, so as to understand each other more fully...
We believe in the power of direct connection. The bond between individuals from different worlds is personal, political and powerful. We believe conversation across boundaries is essential to a future that is free, fair, prosperous and sustainable - for all citizens of this planet...
We are Global Voices.
Nothing else to say except wishing you all the best in the New Year.
