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Our Emergent Panopticon

A slide down the slippery slope towards a totalitarian surveillance state.

The War of Perception

We are threatened. In lieu of having the time or mental obduracy to eloquently express this stream of thoughts in essay or article form, I'll just jot down a summary of related themes. Hopefully…

Hypercommunications and Free Energy

Sometime in the next 30 days, the telecoms firms of the world will have reached a new milestone - three billion subscribers. About ten percent of that number are customers who have multiple accounts,…

Privacy is a Distraction

Concerns about privacy are a subset of what we should be concerned about.

Hip Hop: Imagining a Future

Hip hop is not just a mirror of what is, it should also be a reflection of what can be. I like that Obama recognizes the problem of materialism in contemporary rap music. However, I'm not…

The Politics of Personal Destruction

If you are a young, idealistic person, don’t get involved in organised politics. Contribute to your community, your neighbourhood, your immediate circle of trust and support. This is the best…

The Shock of the Now

Are Google and Facebook obliterating the web?

Equity, Autonomy, and the Asymmetry of Attention

Personal branding - building online equity through ones own internet identity - has become a prime movement in the recent trend towards renegotiating the conventional relations between employer…

Web Deux Pointe Zero

As much as Web 2.0 ideas are about openness and freedom, they indicate an increasing emphasis towards power and heirachy. You can see this directly manifesting in the present situation of Yahoo! swallowing…