<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Here's the abstract of a a fun lightning talk that I'l be giving at APRICOT 2014 today. Recognise these stereotypes?</div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><p>To techies, "civil society" is a useless concept, referring to a bunch
of failed career politicians who lack a basic understanding of the
technology behind the Internet, have no legitimacy to represent Internet
users, and litter their conversation with stupid acronyms like "WSIS",
"MDGs" and "LDCs".</p></div><div><p>
To civil society, the technical community are a bunch of narrow-minded
libertarian geeks, who can't (or refuse to) understand the policy
dimensions of technology, or how it is shaped by power and money, and
who litter their conversation with stupid acronyms like "BGP", "MPLS"
and "DNSSEC".</p></div><div><p>
However, the future of the Internet depends on the two sides learning to
get along. Both need to recognise their own limitations, and the value
of what the other side has to contribute. Civil society and the
technical community may hate each other sometimes, but could they really
be a perfect match?</p></div></blockquote><div><p>Watch this lightning presentation live at <a href="http://apnic.adobeconnect.com/apricot2014-room1/">http://apnic.adobeconnect.com/apricot2014-room1/</a> from 2pm local Malaysian time. </p></div><div apple-content-edited="true">
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