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Cory Doctorow is able to make reading news about the behavior of illiterate people entertaining

For example: The [aforementioned] rule of thumb works for cars, for houses, and for every other substantial area of technological regulation. Not realizing that it fails for the Internet does not make you evil, and it does not make you … Continue reading

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New German Government Question + Answer Website off to a very slow start

The website is being called “Dialog über Deutschland” — and apparently it is severely understaffed. Suggestions are either not being posted at all or not until long after being submitted. It almost seems as if they thought they could get … Continue reading

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Top Blogs + Top Bloggers vs. The Enlightenment + Illiterate People

Paul Krugman is confused — he declares that he is anti-social: I don’t use any social media; the only legit Twitter account is the robot announcing new posts on this blog. Oh, and I don’t post comments on other peoples’ … Continue reading

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More mainstream media spin

If you do a search for “mocality” on google.com, then my first question to you is: Why do you do any search on google.com? The results are obviously biased towards returning positive results for Google’s partners, and negative results for … Continue reading

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Occupy rights

The New York Times has published an OpEd — purportedly penned by Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf — which calls into question whether the Internet (a tool which is widely accepted as a technology that supports the freedom of … Continue reading

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Luther Leaks

Great article — though the significance of language is only mentioned in passing: Most of the 60 or so clerics who rallied to the pope’s defence did so in academic and impenetrable Latin, the traditional language of theology, rather than … Continue reading

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Economy Fail: Economic Failure + Failed Economists

The other day I told a personal anecdote about a missed opportunity to build character. Today I want to explain my thinking behind using this anecdote. The “character building” in question is not that of the person given the opportunity … Continue reading

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Why freedom of speech is so important in a democracy

This is another one of those zombie ideas that permeate our discourse; it’s part of the narrative, and no amount of evidence can kill it or even stop reporters/editors from stating it as a fact. Linked In News Post Forum

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Will Google Now Censor All the World’s Information?

Government in USA is seeking to Occupy Google Linked In News Post Forum

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Government in USA is seeking to Occupy Google

US judge orders hundreds of sites “de-indexed” from Google, Facebook OccupyWebsite News Post Forum

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