Values

Example

This is a draft of values I hope we can rally around.

Local first

Get off the internet, I'll see you in the streets! — Riseup

• real work, with real people, no slop
• research in action, no endless technical debate
• limit reliance on the traditional internet, work off the grid, prepare for the worst, hope for the best

Transparency and privacy

Transparency for them, privacy for us! — Anonymous

• those in power should be more transparent, this includes network operators
• you might feel powerless in one space yet might yield power over others in another, be mindful
• privacy is a human right

Open and free

You don't understand it until you can teach it. — Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman and Daniel Dennet

• real science is open, document your work
• if we can't reproduce your results, they're not valid
• we prefer free software and collaboration to top-down organization