What Is Pre-Crime? Our Nationalist Pastime
Digital dragnets like Stellar Wind, PRISM and other psy-fi boondoggles have evidently not been surveilling enough of neither Us nor Them to predict or prevent terrorist attacks.
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Alan Moore: The Revolution Will Be Crowdfunded
“I’m remote from most technology to the point that I’m kind of Amish,” admits the legendarily bearded author without an Internet connection.
Here Comes Precrime!
I got a chatter request from HuffPost Live about the surveillance state — and how none of it so far works or is worth the money.
A Tale of Two Trials: Bradley Manning and Robert Bales
This appeal for sense and decency has been syndicated at HuffPo. One is the constitutional trial of the century so far, which started Monday but may forever reshape how we […]
Facebook Co-Founder Unveils Socially Conscious Networker Jumo
Facebook is great for sharing hyperbole about what we ate, saw or spent. But its co-founder Chris Hughes has a new startup called Jumo, which takes social networking into the […]
Yellow Light Panopticon Crashes, Burns
With profit as the red-light camera’s primary motive, it’s hard for an already disenfranchised citizenry to find friends in those money-hungry local governments.
The Prisoner, Freed At Last
I am hiding from the world, using Patrick McGoohan as a human shield.