Certainly the first three months of 2011 make it seem like all the subtle changes in our economies and societies that have been slowly happening underfoot have suddenly let go, just like the pressure along a fault line can release decades of pressure in a few minutes. But despite all of this, I'm...
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Forget all the fooferaw about whether Julian Assange is a traitor, (He isn’t even American, so if words actually have meanings, he’s not.) or whether the latest WikiLeaks dump of diplomatic cables will seriously damage the U.S. (It won’t. The people to whom this would actually matter — other world leaders and diplomats —...
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Returning to a theme here with some updated links. One of the best features of the Internet is the ability to bring people who are dispersed all over together to work on like-minded projects. This can be don ad-hoc by self-forming groups or by private concerns. Either way, crowdsourcing is a powerful tool. Wikipedia,...
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Another post that starts with a book plug. The Transparent Society by David Brin. Brin is a SF writer by trade and an prolific libertarian-leaning writer of nonfiction. The premise of The Transparent Society is that basically privacy as we know it is nonexistent. “The Man” has access to every aspect of our lives...
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It is almost an article of faith at this point that Barack Obama is “the Internet President,” having perfected the medium as a campaign tool, he is using it to open up the workings of government. For example,recovery.gov, data.gov and the White House Open Government Initiative. Obama has also hired the first-ever national Chief...
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Via the Wall Street Journal, Finally, A Real Revolution Limiting the power of government to take precedence over the rights of individuals is crucial. ProReforma puts it this way in one of its educational brochures: “No country, in no time has had success with a democratic model that grants the right of excessive intervention...
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This sign reads: I WILL NOT BE AFRAID TO GO OUT INTO THE STREETS, DEFEND MY LIBERTY, UPHOLD THE LAW, DEMAND JUSTICE, I WILL NOT BE AFRAID TO LIVE IN MY HOMELAND AND CHANGE ITS FUTURE…. GUATEMALA, I WILL NOT ABANDON YOU. How does mass collaboration and open, instantaneous communication change the political rules?...
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