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This is the talk I gave at the Congress on Free Education, Software and Knowledge in Santo Domingo. Here you can download the whole talk in PDF format (see below for the original format) . During the talk, I discussed the following topics:

• What is software anyway?
• Do computers and Internet unite or divide?
• Do they help educate and empower, or do they divide and estrange?
• What is the contribution of Universities to the effects of these technologies? What could it be?

and gives some general guidelines on how to deal with the related problems.

Note: The original, editable slides in OpenDocument format are not online simply to save bandwidth, because that file is much bigger than the PDF version. If you need the other file, just contact me at marco - at - digifreedom - dot - net.

The goal of the first conference about Free Software and Knowledge in Santo Domingo was to "promote and spread the philosophy of Free software, education and knowledge in the Dominican Republic, among all who are concerned about the social, economic and scientific development of Santo Domingo". In this context, I gave a talk about "Computers and Internet: sources of social exclusion or engines of education and human development?".

Besides its official website, general coverage of the event is available (in Spanish) on Hoy Digital and El Nuevo Diario.