Nerds got computers because they liked them. Then gamers got them to play games on. But it was connecting to other people that got everyone else: that’s what made even grandmas and 14 year old girls want computers.
(Paul Graham)

In The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind James Boyle introduces readers to the idea of the public domain and describes how it is being tragically eroded by our current copyright, patent, and trademark laws.
In a series of fascinating case studies, Boyle explains why gene sequences, basic business ideas and pairs of musical notes [...]

Well done America. We love you!

This is a great TED talk!
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we’re left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most. And he challenges all of us to step outside of our [...]

Manchmal beliebt es der Weltgeschichte sich in einem einzigen Menschen zu verdichten. Barack Obama wird am 4. November 2008 der nächste Präsident der USA. Obama steht für die notwendige Veränderung, die die USA und der Westen dringend brauchen.
Sein Redestil erinnert mich an John F. Kennedy und Martin Luther King. Er schafft, was Hillary Clinton nicht gelingt: [...]

A new book from Ari Versluis and Ellie Uyttenbroek, Exactitudes comes out in December. Ari and Ellie are based in Rotterdam The Netherlands and have systematically documented numerous identities over the past 14 years in a series called exactitudes. It is an anthropological record of people’s attempts to distinguish themselves from others by assuming a [...]