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In Consent of the Networked, internet policy specialist Rebecca MacKinnon argues that the purpose of technology is to serve humanity, not the other way around. It’s time to wake up and act before the reversal becomes permanent.
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ESWN blogs about the gaps between public opinions and election outcomes in Taipei and Kaohsiung mayoral elections. Michael Turton picks up the discussion.
Alexpappas in Japundit puts forward a local report about the distribution of wealth: Japan is home to a fifth of the world’s richest 10% of adults in terms of global household wealth…
ki-media links to Australian television story on the land grab taking place in Cambodia. After the Khmer Rouge was ousted, the Cambodia Goverment allowed anyone who occupied a piece of land legally for five year to become the de-facto owner of the land. As the land prices are growing, the government is ignoring its own laws. MM, writes a comment “are there any activist proposing a boycott movement of businesses that are buying these stolen land? someone with hands-on information should post a website or something - i would not want to go to Cambodia and shop at a location where land was grabbed from people illegally. Nor would I want to buy something here in the US that is associated with that business.”
Verena in pinkmag writes a feature story on organic architecture by Patrick Blanc, where plants can grow vertically into a garden building.
Robert Koehler blogs about a TV programme, entitled The Beauties’ Chatterbox, which is considered to be racist by many viewers.
Robert Neff at Ohmynews reports on the recent spy charge with a focus on a Korean American suspect.
Mr.Behi with irony talks about current political situation in Iran.The blogger writes about next week election for City and Village Councils of Iran:to prevent the party of Ahmadinejad to invade all our hopes for reform, I guess we need to vote for reformists to win at least this. We are already like a fool having a constitution with this much flaw but at least we should not keep kidding ourselves!
I guess it has to do with humanizing a figure we prefer to see as super-natural. The almost funny thing...
people of maldives..you have to stop this civil war. its sad to see it in this state of affairs....
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I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...