The winner is almost guaranteed to be a conformist, given that the organization selecting the winner is part of the dominant, mainstream power structure.
So expect the winner to be, paradoxically, someone who is completely obedient.
So expect the winner to be, paradoxically, someone who is completely obedient.
Source: Intimately familiar with the Media Lab. As with most places, there is a type of conformable non-conformance. Kind of like casual Fridays at work, or office humor. The Media Lab, and Joi in particular, would never reward non-conformance. Now, if a liberal in Saudi Arabia breaks conservative laws, that they would reward. But that's conforming to their standards.
1. Get caught by CP's, pay $500 fine
2. Claim $250,000 from Media Lab?
1. Flaunt hacking ethics posted in the Tomb of the Unknown Tool.
2. Disobey "No Toad Sexing" sign.
3. Dose the milk and cookies left for FBI at Bexley Hall LSD lab.
4. Congratulate RMS for his life's work on Open Source Software and Linux.
5. Claim $250,000 from Media Lab?
I ended up stomping around a mainland Chinese tourist attraction half-naked in it, giving speeches to massive Chinese crowds about an inclusion issue. http://i.imgur.com/9Dz9M9N.jpg
Anyone who knows anything about China will tell you how unbelievably dangerous this is.
But I was protesting the MIT Media Labs best buddy Make Magazine so I'm sure my application has been directly filed in the trash- even though I'd be very surprised if anyone else applying has done anything that dangerous.
I'm also in China, a bit further up north, in 山寨版silicon valley, aka. Beijing, Haidian, but I'm really interested in what is going on in Shenzhen. Any chance we could chat?