1. Technology and Dystopia: How Free Software Could Save the World Deb Nicholson Indiana Linuxfest 7.27.2013

2. Pollution 3. Overcrowding 4. Totalitarianism 5. The road to hell? 6. Good for the gander 7. When things fall apart 8. Power and Powerlessness 9. Power and Powerlessness By John Gaventa 10. Primary power 11. No pretenses 12. Might makes right 13. Lunch money 14. Secondary power 15. Subtle 16. One does not simply walk into Mordor 17. The vice-principle's kid 18. Expect the Spanish Inquisition 19. Moderate reforms 20. Tertiary power 21. Insidious 22. "They worked their men for a song -- and the men sung it themselves." An unnamed miner 23. Tom Sawyer 24. Rebellion? 25. dissappears 26. Technology 27. Technology changes everything 28. ...except the nature of power 29. Ignorance 30. is very convenient 31. is very convenient for the powerful 32. Framing the debate 33. It's good to be the king. 34. Who green-lighted the Terminator project? 35. Recommendation #1: Increase technical literacy 36. This also empowers people! 37. Diversity helps us build better technology 38. Consolidation is bad 39. Water 40. Air 41. 1984 42. News 43. Books 44. Social media 45. Television 46. Radio 47. Recommendation #2: Actively work against monopolies 48. How can you fight the unknown? 49. How big is the enemy? 50. How can we choose the right tools? 51. How can we choose the right tools? 52. ZOMBIES 53. OMG ZOMBIES 54. OMG ZOMBIES!!! 55. cannotopenyourfile 56. Sahana 57. Recommendation #3: Choose free software and support open formats 58. Your browsing habits 59. May not get you killed 60. ...but then again, they might. 61. The panopticon encourages conformity. 62. Recommendation #4: We must preserve privacy 63. I usually confine my scariness 64. ...to the much drier topic of software patent aggression 65. Sorry. 66. More technical literacy also means more cool ideas 67. A vibrant marketplace is more fun 68. Transparency leads to a better world 69. More privacy means more weird 70. OMG ZOMBIES!!! 71. Sorry, again. 72. Help me make the world a better place! 73. CC-BY-SA Boat! by Kwame Nkansah Giant Eye by swanksalot Public Domain Nosferatu from Wikipedia CC-BY Red Sky by Michael Lehenbauer Smokehouse by Don O'Brien Girls in Papua New Guinea by OLPC Couple by Aditya Rahkman Robots by jerekey Cat and Mouse by steve p2008 Referee by Dan 4th Lion by Fountain Head Genoese Fortress by vanderfrog deb@eximiousproductions.com Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley by John Gaventa 74. Thanks! deb@eximiousproductions.com