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The Ebook from the Second Think Twice Conference | PirateTimes

The Ebook from the Second Think Twice Conference May 11, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News The proceedings of the second Think Twice Conference held in Istanbul on 30 – 31 August 2014 is available as an online ebook. It contains a good variety of subjects, both from prominent Pirates as well as academics. The Editors are: Can Bilgili, a Faculty Member at Istanbul Commerce University Arif Yıldırım an Assistant Professor, working as Head of the Department of Communication Informatics and Journalism, Gaziantep University Contributors and subjects:PAUL SUCIU : Creating a Knowledge Architecture for Socio-economic Policy Generation RICO BROUWER: Commercial Threats to Financial Independence – and What …

PPSE Votes to Leave Pirate Parties International (PPI) | PirateTimes

PPSE Votes to Leave Pirate Parties International (PPI) May 10, 2015 · by Andrew McCallum · in Pirate Party News The Pirate Party of Sweden (PPSE) has become the latest national party to leave Pirate Parties International (PPI), following a vote taken at the currently ongoing PPSE General Assembly. The Assembly approved the Board’s proposed motion to end PPSE’s observer membership by 62 votes to 8 against, with 13 blank votes. In its motion the Board stated that “[d]uring our two years as observers, we have not noticed many improvements in the organization. Indeed, it has been worse on many levels and it is important to highlight that we are not …

Results for Pirates in the UK Elections | PirateTimes

Results for Pirates in the UK Elections May 8, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News In an electoral system that seems to belong to the middle ages rather than a modern western state, the Pirates had an uphill battle. Add to that a predicted tight race and that every vote was fought over then the chances of a Pirate winning a seat, although not zero, was very remote. However, a parliamentary seat were not their only goal. Increasing awareness of the Pirate Party and its policies in the UK and increasing their memberships were also very high in the minds of the Pirates working hard on …

The Power of Ideas -> To Replace the Idea of Power | PirateTimes

The Power of Ideas – To Replace the Idea of Power [Pirate Visions] May 7, 2015 · by Matthijs Pontier · in Pirate Vision Pirates have to work in the political environment to order to change it and we must be mindful to exercise that change with ourselves . Matthijs Pontier is a scientist and a PPNL candidate for the European Parliament. These articles are part of the weekly series ‘Pirate Visions’ from different prominent international pirates. We asked them to write as individuals and not in their official capacities in their party or organisation. We hope you would like to join us in discussing the future direction for pirates internationally by …

Follow the fortunes of the Pirates in the UK election | PirateTimes

Follow the fortunes of the Pirates in the UK election May 7, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News We will be bringing you a full article on the results for PPUK soon but you can follow the Pirate Candidates directly here or on the Pirate Party of the UK’s live blog site. On the PPUK site you can also add your comments as the night unfolds We have our fingers crossed Featured image : CC BY-NC-SA Cris Chesha   About Andrew Reitemeyer I joined the Pirate Party of Lower Saxony in Germany in April 2012, once I found out that non citizens were welcome to join …

Matthijs Pontier | | PirateTimes

The Power of Ideas – To Replace the Idea of Power [Pirate Visions] May 7, 2015 · by Matthijs Pontier · in Pirate Vision Pirates have to work in the political environment to order to change it and we must be mindful to exercise that change with ourselves . Matthijs Pontier is a scientist and a PPNL candidate for the European Parliament. These articles… About Matthijs Pontier I have always had an interest for privacy, digital freedom and copyright reform. I actively Twitter about these subjects, publish opinion  articles, givepresentations and perform at public debates or in the media every now and then. As an interdisciplinary scientist, I work to enable robots and computers to make moral decisions, and currently I …

Show Notes: The Order of the Pirate Unicorn Podcast 003 | PirateTimes

Show Notes: The Order of the Pirate Unicorn Podcast 003 May 5, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Podcast Order of the pirate unicorn podcast recorded on Tuesday 5 May 2015 following the chat held on Sunday the 3rd. The new time went well of 21:00 Berlin time  and we had a conversation going quickly. Off Topic Start We started with an off-topic discussion on the effect of nordic languages on English We learned of a language called norn that was spoken on sheland and orkney islands but the linguistic geekery had to come to an end. Icelandic Policy Making An Icelandic pirate gave us a rundown on how …

Winning Discussions: Special Pleading (Effective Pirating) | PirateTimes

Winning Discussions: Special Pleading (Effective Pirating) May 4, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways to win in a discussion. Catching an opponent committing a fallacy will force him to retract his error or he will appear foolish or manipulative to his audience. There is a dark side to this. Once you learn to identify logical fallacies you will also be able to use them. Do not deliberately use them against fellow Pirates; it is extreme …

Logical Fallacy | PirateTimes

Winning Discussions: Special Pleading (Effective Pirating) May 4, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways to win in a discussion. Catching an opponent… Winning Discussions: Argument from Repetition – ad nauseam (Effective Pirating) April 2, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways …

Winning Discussions: Special Pleading (Effective Pirating) | PirateTimes

Winning Discussions: Special Pleading (Effective Pirating) May 4, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways to win in a discussion. Catching an opponent committing a fallacy will force him to retract his error or he will appear foolish or manipulative to his audience. There is a dark side to this. Once you learn to identify logical fallacies you will also be able to use them. Do not deliberately use them against fellow Pirates; it is extreme …

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