Talking recently with my friend Michelle, the topic of corporate/consumer responsibility and social justice came up, and before long we turned to Walmart as a case in point. (I know, right?) Michelle’s question/statement to me went something like this: Many do not necessarily have a need to shop at a place with such low prices [...]
walmart: socially just or just plain evil?
February 10th, 2012
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Tags: consumerism · social responsibility · social-justice · sustainability
software: free as in speech
January 30th, 2010
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Having been a GNU/Linux user now for over three years, I have come to really appreciate this idea of “free software,” which until just recently I did not realize is not entirely the same thing as “open source” software. Many times it is very close to the same thing, but, fundamentally, there is a difference. [...]
Tags: freedom · politics · social responsibility · social-justice · technology
