Two fresh looks at the effects, in 2011, of social media on the world. The first, a talk from my friend Ethan Zuckerman at the University of British Columbia: I’ve tapped out–imperfectly–a few excerpts for those of you who don’t watch videos: In reference to how the ‘Arab Spring’ began: Thinking about social media by […]
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The LA Times, spurred by a November report of a homeless man arrested for masturbating in a library while looking at Internet porn, asks whether it’s legitimate to censor pornography in libraries. Though a number of commenters were–as is typical–quick to shout “of course!”, the Times actually makes an important case: “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” was […]
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To a Better 2012
It’s with a conflicted heart that I put to bed 2011. For me, on a personal level, it was a year of both great triumph and great tragedy. As many of you know, not long after moving across the country, far from my family, I lost my father. I must admit, it was both easier […]