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Cory Doctorow on the politics of privacy

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Published on July 28, 2008 in Culture, Future, Literacies and Technology. 2 Comments Print This Post Email This Post

Author Cory Doctorow talks about privacy and technology and “what’s at stake if the persistent erosion of privacy continues unchecked.” Doctorow’s talk is part of a panel presented by the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom at ALA’s 2008 Annual Conference in Anaheim, California. (via Boing Boing)

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[Feature article] Warren Ellis: The transmetropolitan condition

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Published on October 27, 2002 in Articles, Culture, Future, Interviews and Literacies. 0 Comments Print This Post Email This Post

My article below was originally published in Mindjack Magazine online.

October 28, 2002 | There has never been a better time to read the work of comic book legend Warren Ellis. From the formulaic pornography of news coverage to the on-going ineptitude of our world “leaders”, Ellis delivers an intelligent and savagely funny antidote to global idiocy. The creator of Transmetropolitan, Planetary and Global Frequency talks to Mindjack about his work, our times and the future.

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