Clay Shirky on WikiLeaks. Thoughtful as always.

“When a 14 year old kid can blow up your business in his spare time, not because he hates you but because he loves you, then you got a problem.”

Creativity and innovation always builds on the past. The past always tries to control the creativity that builds upon it. Free societies enable the future by limiting this power of the past. Ours is less and less a free society.

Does "Web 2.0" mean anything? Till recently I thought it didn't, but the truth turns out to be more complicated.

This is the story of one computer professional's explorations in the world of postmodern literary criticism.

Security ... what does this word mean in relation to life as we know it today?