I’ve just ordered Dambisa Moyo’s new book, “Dead Aid“. For the past couple of weeks, Moyo has been on a full-scale media blitz, talking with… Read More »Where Dambisa Moyo’s right, and where she’s wrong
On Sunday, April 5th, the governing Communist party won over 50% of the vote in Parliamentary elections. This was decidedly a surprise, as Communists had… Read More »Unpacking “The Twitter Revolution” in Moldova
Tim Hwang is a researcher at the Berkman Center who works closely with Yochai Benkler on his research on cooperation. But he may be best… Read More »Tim Hwang explains net memes at the Berkman Center
My friend Evgeny Morozov has ascended to the Pantheon of bloggers writing for Foreign Policy’s excellent website. Foreign Policy’s Passport blog is my first read… Read More »A new blog to read, a useful service on hold
The new Monitor: Who we are, what we stand for | csmonitor.com A video short from the Christian Science Monitor explaining their mission and their… Read More »links for 2009-04-03
A memetic virus gripped the world of popular music in late 1984 and 1985: the superstar benefit single. The phenomenon of superstar benefits can be… Read More »From protest to collaboration: Paul Simon’s “Graceland” and lessons for xenophiles