ALL EQUAL, NO AUTHORITY !By Julien Donnay

WHO IS THE BOSS OF THE INTERNET ?

  « C’est normal en Russie ! »- That Guy

SUMMARY1) Introduction(from the film)2) Definition of authority3) Definition of equality4) What about the internet ?5) Exceptions6) Conclusion7) Questions

INTRODUCTION« The land of the free and the home of the brave…  »

-Francis Scott Key 

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Ideal between hippie dream and CERN technological solution

The internet looked like a wide empty field, like a sandbox.

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NO CENTRE AND NO CONTROLLINGAUTHORITY

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ULTIMATE LEVELLING !

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Vertical Hierarchy Horizontal Hierarchy

BUT…

IS IT REALLY THAT SIMPLE ?

DEFINITION OF AUTHORITY« No authority is higher than reality »

- Peter Nivio Zarlenga

AUTHORITY“The word authority (derived from the Latin word auctoritas) can be used to mean the right to exercise power given by the State (in the form of government, judges, police officers, etc.), or by academic knowledge of an area (someone that can be an authority on a subject).”

Two aspect:1) Political Philosophy2) Other social sciences

AUTHORITYPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY• Since Plato and Aristotle to the present• Ongoing discussion (about governmental authority)

Example : USA

AUTHORITYOTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES• Empirical Setting:

• Family(father)• Church• Groups

“Authority is the capacity, innate or acquired for exercising ascendancy over a group.” – Encyclopedia Of Social Science

DEFINITION OF EQUALITY“The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.”

-Chief Joseph 

EQUALITYSocial equality is a state of affairsin which all people within a specific societyor isolated group have the same status in certain respects,often including civil rights, freedom of speech, property rights,and equal access to social goods and services.

• Health Equality• Economic Equality• Social Securities

EQUALITY• Human rights

Declaration Of independence • Natural Rights Ontological equality

EQUALITYEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY

• Wealth• Social Power

FOLLOWING THE RULES

ACHIEVEMENT

WHAT ABOUT THE INTERNET ?RULE 34

NO AUTHORITY… MAYBE…BUT CERTAINLY EQUALITY…

SHARING OPINION?

SOMETIMES IT GOES WRONG…

EXCEPTION« China is on a march towards law and democracy » - Chen Guangchen

EXCEPTIONCHINA :

-Censorship(press)-Also on the internet

EXCEPTION

EXCEPTION

CONCLUSION

THE REAL QUESTION IS :DOES THE PARADIGM SHIFT OF THE

VIRTUAL REVOLUTION WILL ALSO INFLUENCE THE FUTURE OF OUR WORLD

AUTHORITY AND EQUALITY ?« No one will answer but it’s fine… » - Julien Donnay

THANK YOU ! That was way too long, i’m sorry !