June 2011
Infrastructure and the State | Ben Hammersley's... →
As small as a government you might want, or as market-based as you think the country should be, there are still some things that only the state can do, and it’s that category that holds all the difficult bits.
“Because the Internet is so new we still don’t really understand what it is. We...”
– How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Internet by Douglas Adams in 1999 and just as relevant today. (via onthenetwork)
A Saudi Activist, in Her Own Words - NYTimes.com →
I hadn’t watched any of the driving protest videos yet, but this is really interesting. It makes me want to get a drivers license for the sake of solidarity.
