December 2010
4 posts
“Most startups are in “informed pessimism” and heading to a “crisis of meaning”....”
– How New Ideas Almost Killed Our Startup
US State Department Unleash Weapon of Mass...
From the Guardian again, because their live blog doesn’t have permalinks:
5.30pm: With perfect timing an email arrives from Philip Crowley at the state department:
The United States is pleased to announce that it will host Unesco’s World Press Freedom Day event in 2011, from 1-3 May in Washington, DC.
Ironic? Read the next paragraph from the press release:
The theme for next...
The Culture of Mistrust
The Guardian report:
Hill says Iraqi leaders are careful to avoid harsh criticism of Saudi Arabia’s role for fear of offending the Americans, Riyadh’s close allies. But resentments simmer below the surface.
Diplomats insist that their job has to be done in secret. Their argument is that this secrecy allows them to be frank and honest. What it actually leads to is lies and...
Clusterloops
While Wikileak stories seem to be focusing on Russia today, another story from late last night caught my attention. The Guardian reports (with my emphasis):
British and American officials colluded in a plan to hoodwink parliament over a proposed ban on cluster bombs, the Guardian can disclose.
According to leaked US embassy dispatches, David Miliband, who was Britain’s foreign secretary...
November 2010
2 posts
“In this sense, most of the media commentary on the latest round of leaks has...”
– Julian Assange and the Computer Conspiracy; “To destroy this invisible government”