Re: Proposal for a new W3C CG: "Web We Can Afford"

Hi,

Le Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:22:05 +0100, Leslie Carr <lac@ecs.soton.ac.uk> a  
écrit:

> Is this reasonably distinguishable from asking for a Society or an  
> Economy that we can afford?

I don't see why it wouldn't be!

It's way more specific to begin with and the design part seems much less  
dubious than in the case of Society and Economy (both with capital  
letters, no less ;) ).

Of course, in the end, both the Web, Society and Economy have to do with  
associations, yet the specifics vary a great deal.

Best,
A.

> Les
>
> On 21 Jan 2016, at 17:10,  
> alexandre.monnin@web-and-philosophy.org<mailto:alexandre.monnin@web-and-philosophy.org>  
> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> I'm sending this email to let you know that I submitted a proposal for a  
> new CG entitled "Web We Can Afford".
>
> For those who'd like to join it, please register your support here:  
> https://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed/ !
>
> Feedback would be appreciated,
>
> All the best,
> Alexandre Monnin
>
> Here is the description of the group:
>
> Most scientists now seem to agree that we've entered a new epoch dubbed  
> the "Anthropocene", where the environmental consequences of human  
> development have a tremendous impact on Earth's equilibrium. Those  
> effects are already set in motion and will have far-reaching  
> consequences in the coming years despite all the measures we could take  
> to mitigate them (considering we simply do not fail to take action).  
> While trying to avoid some of the consequences of the Anthropocene is an  
> issue that is well-worth striving for, another task would be to  
> reconsider the design of things at the time of the Anthropocene and that  
> includes the Web. For instance, a 2008 study by the University of  
> Dresden stated that if no measure was taken, the energy needed to power  
> the infrastructure of the Web in 2030 would be tantamount to the energy  
> consumed by humanity in 2008. The agendas of the stakeholders who are  
> trying to set the Web forward in motion are mainly focused on adding new  
> technological layers to the existing ones. Yet, the logic behind these  
> developments remains that of tapping into unlimited resources, not  
> limited ones. Lots of endeavors are currently focused on reshaping the  
> Web into a "Web we want", a redecentralized open Web fit for an  
> enlightened digital age. Those who advocate such an agenda and those who  
> oppose it generally both share a common assumption: that enlightened or  
> not, the future will be even more digital than the present. Yet, life at  
> the time of the Anthropocene, at least in the coming decades, might not  
> remain as pervasively digital as it is today. Other efforts that see the  
> ongoing battle for the decentralization of the Web as an opportunity to  
> “downscale” it (in particular in Africa) seem to be aware of that. Maybe  
> it's time to take into account other perspectives on the future and  
> concretely act towards building a sustain-able (Tony Fry) Web. In other  
> words, a Web We Can Afford. This group would like to reconcile the  
> development of the Web and an awareness to the environmental issues by  
> appealing to Web architects and designers, eco-designers, activists,  
> philosophers, social scientists, etc., so as to make the issue a public  
> one to begin with, before devising a set of guidelines as a first step  
> towards concrete action.
>


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