Comments on: Episode 41 : Information is POWER http://deera-chat.com/2007/11/information-is-power/ The First Kuwaiti Podcast that talks about our daily lives here in Kuwait. It can be funny, lame, serious, or even scary Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:31:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Salah http://deera-chat.com/2007/11/information-is-power/comment-page-1/#comment-1004 Salah Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:37:28 +0000 http://www.deera-chat.com/2007/11/02/information-is-power/#comment-1004 I agree with the speakers that information is power and it is the responsibility of the government to provide the information it has already and not to hide anything. I don't think it's the role of the government to conduct studies to determine the number of meals every citizen has at restaurant, and even if the government tries to conduct such a study, simply it will fail. On the other hand it can promote research in Kuwait University and other private universities so they can disseminate the information needed about the Kuwaiti people. The private sector should also contribute in the funding of these studies because many companies will benefit from the results. Before producing new information, the first step should be making the available information accessible and being genuinely transparent. I don't think the government will be transparent voluntarily. I don't think the ministry of health for example will reveal the number of HIV cases in Kuwait, it will tell us the number of deaths due to medication errors just because they want to be transparent. So the national assembly should legislate to ensure the freedom of information is there in Kuwait for anyone needs it. I agree with the speakers that information is power and it is the responsibility of the government to provide the information it has already and not to hide anything. I don’t think it’s the role of the government to conduct studies to determine the number of meals every citizen has at restaurant, and even if the government tries to conduct such a study, simply it will fail. On the other hand it can promote research in Kuwait University and other private universities so they can disseminate the information needed about the Kuwaiti people. The private sector should also contribute in the funding of these studies because many companies will benefit from the results.
Before producing new information, the first step should be making the available information accessible and being genuinely transparent. I don’t think the government will be transparent voluntarily. I don’t think the ministry of health for example will reveal the number of HIV cases in Kuwait, it will tell us the number of deaths due to medication errors just because they want to be transparent. So the national assembly should legislate to ensure the freedom of information is there in Kuwait for anyone needs it.

]]> By: Bashar http://deera-chat.com/2007/11/information-is-power/comment-page-1/#comment-1005 Bashar Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:54:44 +0000 http://www.deera-chat.com/2007/11/02/information-is-power/#comment-1005 Thanks a lot guys for bringing this topic up. We are in the 21st century now. All information should be digitized and made accessible for all people to get the most of. You specifically must be having a real hard time and make me have a second thought about doing business in Kuwait. Such information are crucial for building successful business, and in the end, it's not the business owner who reads the benefits only, it's the end user and country as a whole. I would suggest you check <a href="http://www.kwtfire.gov.kw/a-main.htm" rel="nofollow">Kuwait Firefighters site</a> they have monthly updated reports on fires, causes, deaths, locations and more. Maybe not helpful to you, but it definitely is for others, and it's a perfect example of what we want to have. Also, I can't resist recommending this book even though I am anti-Microsoft. Bill Gates had a nice, though bit old, book called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FBusiness-Speed-Thought-Succeeding-Digital%2Fdp%2F0446675962%2Fsr%3D1-1%2Fqid%3D1164658536%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks&tag=bashastechnne-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" rel="nofollow">Business @ The Speed of Thought</a>. Talks not only about information accessibility, but digitizing it, and connecting it all together to make a kind of digital nervous system, where any unusual change in a place affects and notify all others. You can find it also in Kuwait bookstores I guess. It was in Virgin back then, when Virgin was worthy visiting. Thanks a lot guys for bringing this topic up. We are in the 21st century now. All information should be digitized and made accessible for all people to get the most of. You specifically must be having a real hard time and make me have a second thought about doing business in Kuwait. Such information are crucial for building successful business, and in the end, it’s not the business owner who reads the benefits only, it’s the end user and country as a whole.

I would suggest you check Kuwait Firefighters site they have monthly updated reports on fires, causes, deaths, locations and more. Maybe not helpful to you, but it definitely is for others, and it’s a perfect example of what we want to have.

Also, I can’t resist recommending this book even though I am anti-Microsoft. Bill Gates had a nice, though bit old, book called Business @ The Speed of Thought. Talks not only about information accessibility, but digitizing it, and connecting it all together to make a kind of digital nervous system, where any unusual change in a place affects and notify all others. You can find it also in Kuwait bookstores I guess. It was in Virgin back then, when Virgin was worthy visiting.

]]> By: Abdulaziz Al-Saeedi http://deera-chat.com/2007/11/information-is-power/comment-page-1/#comment-1003 Abdulaziz Al-Saeedi Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:57:51 +0000 http://www.deera-chat.com/2007/11/02/information-is-power/#comment-1003 exactly information is power, if the info and all consensus details were provided and easily accessed this would make life easier for all students and researchers.. exactly information is power, if the info and all consensus details were provided and easily accessed this would make life easier for all students and researchers..

]]> By: Betros http://deera-chat.com/2007/11/information-is-power/comment-page-1/#comment-1002 Betros Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:22:48 +0000 http://www.deera-chat.com/2007/11/02/information-is-power/#comment-1002 Yaa shabaaaaaaaaaaaaab tekaleemow Kuwaitiiiiiiiii please Yaa shabaaaaaaaaaaaaab tekaleemow Kuwaitiiiiiiiii please

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