Adam Bosworth's Weblog: Speaking up
Great commentary from Adam on the current [sad] state of affairs in our once beloved country and around the world. Couldn't agree more with your perspective Adam. What really infuriates me are the folks in Kansas pushing their wacked out agenda, completely ignoring the well established peer review process that forms the backbone of the scientific community. As someone with a degree in the biological sciences, this REALLY upsetting.
Adam's right, it is time to speak up. In addition to the donations I've made to support the relief efforts for the Tsunami, Katrina, Rita, and the earthquake in Pakistan, I've donated more $$ this year to political orgs than ever in the past.
Unfortunately, this alone is not enough.
We need to mobilize.
We need to strategize.
We need to organize.
We need to collaborate.
We need to communicate.
We need to speak out.
Come on people [geeks, engineers, scientists, researchers, thinkers, scholars, educators - take NOTE] - let's figure out how to put the bleeding edge technology, software, and gadetry that we take for granted to use in new and ingenious ways to unify our voices and speak out against the hipocracy.
With that, I'll leave this rant with a final thought - it's a pretty sad day when the most accurate news I get comes from Comedy Central.
Jon Stewart for President 2008
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