I was reading an interesting article from the BBC entitled “The myth of free wi-fi”. I am a tech savvy guy with more computers and iStuff floating around my house than it is possible to use. To be honest I’m surprised my fridge isn’t wi-fi enabled – perhaps that is my next step. My thoughts on social media and faith are well documented. I believe that the internet a shift in the way information flows that is as significant as the invention of the printing press. So reading an article on open source public wi-fi was right up my street. However, what caught my attention was this quote from Sam Churchill:
“But it’s a basic requirement these days, just like water and power in a civilised society, that helps people communicate and keep informed.”
We live in a world of serious inequality. I struggle to reconcile this quote with the picture above. Having wi-fi in public spaces is a ‘basic requirement’? If there is one thing that the article has inspired me to do it is “donate some money to water aid“.
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Changing Worship 
I agree. “Human rights” are irrelevant and a distraction. The bible does not speak of human rights only of human responsibility.
http://www.crimperman.org/2005/06/28/human-rights-vs-human-responsibility/
If we are to progress as a race, we do need to think globally.
I would suggest a condition of membership of the UN should be that 25% a nation’s armed forces be loaned to a global ‘engineering corps’ tasked with building the infrastructure so noone has got to walk miles for clean water.
Until that happens, I guess a donation to water aid will have to do.
The human race has done a lot for me – the least I can do is buy it a drink.
I suspect that Gene Roddenberry may demand his ideas back Julz 😉