Source: xkcd: Free Speech
Tag: internet
“Right now, today, in 2014 is the best time to start something on the internet. There has never been a better time in the whole history of the world to invent something. There has never been a better time with more opportunities, more openings, lower barriers, higher benefit/risk ratios, better returns, greater upside, than now. Right now, this minute. This is the time that folks in the future will look back at and say, “Oh to have been alive and well back then!””
You Are Not Late — The Message — Medium
https://medium.com/message/you-are-not-late-b3d76f963142
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The botmaker who sees through the Internet – Ideas – The Boston Globe
The botmaker who sees through the Internet – Ideas – The Boston Globe
Kazemi is part of a small but vibrant group of programmers who, in addition to making clever Web toys, have dedicated themselves to shining a spotlight on the algorithms and data streams that are nowadays humming all around us, and using them to mount a sharp social critique of how people use the Internet—and how the Internet uses them back.
The US government has betrayed the internet. We need to take it back | Bruce Schneier | Comment is free | theguardian.com
The primary business model of the Internet is built on mass surveillance, and our government’s intelligence-gathering agencies have become addicted to that data. Understanding how we got here is critical to understanding how we undo the damage.
The Internet is a surveillance state. Whether we admit it to ourselves or not, and whether we like it or not, we’re being tracked all the time.
The Most Important Tech Company You’ve Never Heard Of
Privacy is Awesome. Kill CISPA.
John Peel’s Record Shelf
This is one of the most incredible things I’ve seen online. That’s no hyperbole. Whether you’re a casual or die-hard music fan, you are sure to be blown away. I love the Internet so much right now. And of course I love John Peel. Now listening to Aardvark. You gotta start somewhere, right?