Open Source

Open source! One of the best inventions, ever! If you do not know what it is, or you think you know what it means, but are not really sure, read the article in Wikipedia, and then continue reading here. A difference one must understand is in the definition of free software. Free can be in the sense of free beer, and it can also be in the context of free speech. What I am really interested in is as in free speech ( although free software is a very good idea too).
An interesting article is this one.
Open source is a good way of testing your own skills, and of getting involved. It helps you stop whining about the current state, and actually do something about it. Also the software can be trusted a bit more, both because you can avoid malicious coders, and by knowing how secure it is. Also you feel more product ownership in something you helped create. However most products you use are not created by you, but you can feel better by knowing that you can modify them, understand them, and upgrade them easier.
In open source you get a natural society, where everyone works for the common good, and also people help each other, and try to build a superior product, to improve people's lives.
This ideology can be used in way more places than software development. Open source religions already exist, maybe politics is the next logical step? We need to keep evolving ourselves, and even our ideas. As Bill Hicks used to say, "You know, evolution didn't end with us growing thumbs".