Is the Internet what Orwell feared? Evgeny Morozov @ TED

Is the Internet what Orwell feared? Evgeny Morozov @ TED

The other side of the argument advanced by Shirky. Morozov, of Belarus, says that dictators use new tech to manage the masses. “TED Fellow and journalist …

Benedict Anderson: Peculiar, Bracing Cosmopolitanisms among the Colonized in the Twilight of Empire

Benedict Anderson: Peculiar, Bracing Cosmopolitanisms among the Colonized in the Twilight of Empire

Peculiar, Bracing Cosmopolitanisms among the Colonized in the Twilight of Empire from Committee on Global Thought on Vimeo. Benedict Anderson is the Aaron L. Binenkorb Professor …

How cellphones, Twitter, Facebook can make history - Clay Shirky

How cellphones, Twitter, Facebook can make history - Clay Shirky

While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real …