In some ways, TED is great. When I want to explain Rebecca MacKinnon’s complex book, Consent of the Networked, I need only shoot someone the link to her talk, which enumerates the concept concisely. When I want to get a quick glimpse at a topic area with which I’m not familiar, I need only seek out […]
Feel free to use as you see fit. Adapted from Alaa’s own Twitter icon by Hugh D’Andrade.
I don’t really remember meeting Alaa. I just remember that, from the first moment I saw him, how obvious his presence was. We were sitting in a room in Budapest talking to a group of academics about something or other, something about activism, and everything they said was wrong, in Alaa’s view. He raised his voice […]