Bassel Khartabil, a leading figure in the Syrian Open Source software community, has been imprisoned by the Syrian government since March 2012, accused of “harming… Read More »Urgent: Reports that Bassel Khartabil has been sentenced to death
The fine folks at Syracuse University’s Humanities Center invited me to deliver the keynote address in their annual symposium series, this year focused on “Networks”.… Read More »Insurrectionist Civics in the Age of Mistrust
This past weekend, with support from the Ford Foundation, EFF and the MIT Media Lab, Center for Civic Media held a two day conference on… Read More »Star Simpson at Freedom to Innovate
This past weekend, with support from the Ford Foundation, EFF and the MIT Media Lab, Center for Civic Media held a two day conference on… Read More »Jonathan Zittrain at Freedom to Innovate
My friend Lawrence Lessig is exploring a run for president. His first step was to ask individuals to pledge towards a $1m war chest before… Read More »Lessig 2016: A radical institutionalist runs for President
I’m publishing lots of my new writing on other platforms as well as here. It’s a good chance to reach larger audiences, and often to… Read More »Renormalizing hitchhiking