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MIT Media Lab Launches Disobedience Award, Funded By LinkedIn Founder

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday July 28 2016, @05:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the as-good-for-society-as-Darwin dept.

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TechDirt reports

Last week, Joi Ito, director of the MIT Media Lab (and a very sharp thinker on a variety of topics related to innovation) announced a really cool new award that the lab was putting together: a Rewarding Disobedience award, for $250,000, funded by LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman:

This prize is a one-time experiment that, if successful, we will consider repeating in the future. It will go to a person or group engaged in what we believe is excellent disobedience for the benefit of society. The disobedience that we would like to call out is the kind that seeks to change society in a positive way, and is consistent with a set of key principles. The principles include non-violence, creativity, courage, and taking responsibility for one's actions. The disobedience can be in--but is not limited to--the fields of scientific research, civil rights, freedom of speech, human rights, and the freedom to innovate.

[...] I particularly like Michael Petricone's suggestion that the award should be named after Aaron Swartz. [...] One [thing] that becomes clear from the book [The Idealist] was the absolute disbelief by Swartz and his family of the fact that MIT refused to support Swartz after his arrest. The university basically turned its back on him completely. It's something that the university still ought to do something about, and naming this award after Swartz would be a step in the right direction.

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  • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by AssCork on Thursday July 28 2016, @05:54PM

    by AssCork (6255) on Thursday July 28 2016, @05:54PM (#381266) Journal

    How long till we see some "Time Magazine"-ish nomination like 'every [sex-worker|transgender|doctor] everywhere'?
    Why don't they just call it an "Edgie Award"? (as in "Edgy", or hipster-like)

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @06:23PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @06:23PM (#381271)

    What's up your ass? The transgender caste have it harder than you ever will.

    • (Score: 4, Funny) by DeathMonkey on Thursday July 28 2016, @07:17PM

      by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday July 28 2016, @07:17PM (#381293) Journal

      What's up your ass?
       
      A cork, obviously.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @07:42PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @07:42PM (#381297)

      won't someone please think of the transgenders?!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @07:47PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @07:47PM (#381298)

      Caste?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29 2016, @12:38PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29 2016, @12:38PM (#381499)
      Only the ones who suck at passing.