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Managing Editor's Blog – February 2010 Archive (5)

The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture

Author Andrew Keen discusses his book "The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture" as part of the Authors@Google series. This event took place June 5, 2007 at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA.

We revisit this 2007 humorous, often acidic, production with one question in mind, "WAS HE RIGHT?"…

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Added by Managing Editor on February 26, 2010 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

THE SINGULARITY IS NEAR:

THE SINGULARITY IS NEAR:

When Humans Transcend Biology

By Ray Kurzweil, Viking Press

About the Book

At the onset of the twenty-first century, humanity stands on the verge of the most transforming and the most thrilling period in its history. It will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged, as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material… Continue

Added by Managing Editor on February 25, 2010 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

We are The People: The Movie

This is a clip from Lord Putnam's amazing movie on Education "We are the people" http://www.wearethepeoplemovie.com/ In many ways it's a case for support for eSingularity. And the need to completely redefine our global education… Continue

Added by Managing Editor on February 24, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Microsoft Releases a Study on Data Privacy

As people share more about their lives online through social networks, micro-blogging, photo sharing and other services, we at Microsoft see the issue of online privacy and control over personal data becoming a more important consideration. People continue to prize safety, but they also want the ability to share information in ways that allow them to maintain control over how it’s used and how it might impact their reputation.

To commemorate Data Privacy Day, Microsoft released a… Continue

Added by Managing Editor on February 2, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Public by Default, Private when Necessary

By danah boyd January 25, 2010 - 9:42am

With Facebook systematically dismantling its revered privacy infrastructure, I think it's important to drill down on the issue of privacy as it relates to teens. There's an assumption that teens don't care about privacy but this is completely inaccurate. Teens care deeply about privacy, but their conceptualization of what this means may not make sense in a setting where privacy settings are a binary. What teens care about is the… Continue

Added by Managing Editor on February 1, 2010 at 8:22pm — No Comments

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