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Archive for March, 2012

A sense of bewronging

A sense of bewronging

By ⋅ March 10, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

“Social networks” are getting out of control. And I don’t mean their control. I mean your control and mine. Here’s an image to keep in mind while you read the rest of this post: The calf is you or me. The cow is just one of our many social networks. Here’s how the situation looks from my browser… I [...]

Those sneaky bastards

Those sneaky bastards

By ⋅ March 10, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

The Internet has exponentially increased people’s ability to interact, and to create and exchange value all around the world, and yet the full value of this ability is far from realized. An information and resource imbalance in the current online market is at the root of this issue. Overly restrictive, unfair legal practice is rife [...]

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