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SOPA: Major Internet Companies Consider Coordinated Blackout

By On January 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Reason is reporting that Amazon, Facebook, Google and Twitter are considering a coordinated blackout of their services in protest of the SOPA legislation, which would curtail Internet freedoms. It is not clear how long the blackout would last.

Such a move would affect countless Internet users. Just think about it – even [...]

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Applied vs Theoretical Innovation

By On June 29, 2010 · 1 Comment

Recently, I got to thinking that there are really are two kinds of innovation, and these two types of innovation were very apparent in the kind of programs I would run for companies. Borrowing a term from physics, I like to call these two types of innovation “theoretical” and “applied” just like theoretical and applied physics.

Theoretical [...]

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Agora: A New Film in Defense of Reason – Ayn Rand Admirers at The Atlasphere

By On June 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment

A serious, intelligent film that stands up for science and freedom of thought and against the forces of mysticism and ignorance? And it's now in theaters? Believe it!

via Agora: A New Film in Defense of Reason – Ayn Rand Admirers at The Atlasphere.

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Apple Bans ‘Sexy Apps’

By On February 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Something I’ve said for a while: Steve Jobs is as much a tyrant as Barack Obama or George Bush. What he says goes: free speech suffers. And yes, sexy apps and porn ARE free speech, no matter how much you may not like them!

Why Apple’s New Ban Against Sexy Apps Is Scary.

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Google to enlist NSA to help it ward off cyberattacks

By On February 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment

“The critical question is: At what level will the American public be comfortable with Google sharing information with NSA?” said Ellen McCarthy, president of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, an organization of current and former intelligence and national security officials that seeks ways to foster greater sharing of information between [...]

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Free Speech and Google or China? A Toss Up

By On January 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment

So in terms of actually killing and imprisoning people, China does come out on top. If that’s the scale you use. However, when you are talking about free speech, I’d say that both China and Google have a lot of ‘splaining to do.

Google is so far deep into the pockets of this administration, that [...]

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Where is the innovation?

By On July 10, 2009 · 6 Comments

Now many people who watch/listen to my shows understand my philosophy and political leanings. i’m willing to give President Obama the benefit of the doubt on some things – when he mentioned that he was going to do a number of things to foster innovation, such as hold scientific summits in the White House etc, [...]

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independence day

By On July 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment

wheres is the future of independence day? well, when this country was founded, things were very very different, but the founding principles of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” where the ultimate statement of vision of humanity as being ultimately responsible for its own happiness. The individual, not the state, would determine the course [...]

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