Lessig

In this article the main points are related through the use of technology and how it has advanced since it's original model. Starting off with the Kodak and all the advances made to now dealing with digital cameras is the same way the "Just Think" program worked in San Francisco. Both were tinkered with and become something bigger and due to that tinkering created a realistic view of a way to learn. If one has an interest in something the only way to gain knowledge is to mess with it until you are bored or step up to a more difficult task and start the tinkering all over again. In both of these cases technology created a sense of excitement and just like the kids in San Fran it created meaning of why things were a certain way. By the kids evolving their self worth a creative side could be unleashed and they could as NWA would say Express Yourself!! The kids were staying there nearly all day because of their own interests and they were learning valuable lessons from such a simplistic concept.

When I think of open source I think of a way to access material for free and put my ideas and beliefs into some type of system. My example of the term open source would relate to my fantasy baseball league and my soon to be fantasy football league of which I will be dominating. These are ways to express the freedom I have been given, but at the same time I am on a learning curve and must be able to pick up on certain aspects so I can stay competitive. Before the draft I am able to view all the info I need to have a successful draft and thereafter weekly I am able to view other basic data that will inform me how to do my best. Then if I wish to go a step further I can go onto the discussion boards and post comments and create a new spiral of communication all from the simple advances of technology. So I'm not sure if the point of this was to show advances in technology as examples or to show overall how everything is making advances and representing how quickly things change.