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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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Paul Krugman presents a remarkably oversimplistic view — a mono-causal explanation of what it was “that brought [Hitler] to power”

I find this especially ironic and poignant because I had posted something along the same lines (though not quite as simplistic) earlier — and I have posted a link to my earlier post as a comment to his blog… (my … Continue reading

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Karl Rove proposes to attack the media

And he said this on the Hannity Show. He was probably mostly upset about what had happened at an event he was speaking at earlier in Baltimore: There are dozens if not hundreds of such videos — and you can … Continue reading

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Paul Krugman again echoes my concerns regarding ignorance

Think about climate change. You have various right-wingers simultaneously (a) denying that global warming is happening (b) denying that anyone denies that global warming is happening, but denying that humans are responsible (c) denying that anyone denies that humans are … Continue reading

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The opposite of humility is arrogance and pride; it’s putting ego first — above principles, above others

This is another great quote from Stephen M.R. Covey’s “The Speed of Trust“, but it’s also one I find is difficult to apply. I imagine that Galileo was interpreted as arrogant and proud (and wrong) by most people when he … Continue reading

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