Living Code

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http://www.individual-i.com/

Bruce Schneier has come up with the idea of promoting individual rights via the awesome power of branding, as the peace symbol did for the anti-war movement. I think it's a good idea, though the complexities can be harder to explain than "killing is wrong." (Of course, the anti-war movement was more complex as well, but the basic message seems easier to get across...). Here's the gist from the site:

Individual-i stands for:

• Freedom from surveillance
• Personal privacy
• Anonymity
• Equal protection
• Due process
• Freedom to read, write, think, speak, associate, and travel
• The right to make your own choices about sex, reproduction, marriage, and death
• The right to dissent

These are all things I can support. I hope this idea spreads like memefire.

It needs a hand gesture, though. How about the sign-language alphabetic "I" held to the chest?

Posted by: Dethe Elza / Wednesday, April 20, 2005