I am not a fan of Obamacare. It’s not its much-vaunted permanency problems, nor the hesitant start-up the initiative has been going through. It’s something else. Jesus, it’s like every week since they passed the […]
Category: The Internet
The Unknown Unknowns
At the risk of sounding clichéd I want to say: Hitler was crazy. I don’t even need to really explain much beyond that for anyone to agree, and with good reason. His legendary megalomania capitalized […]
“Boobs” at the Oscars, Confirmation Bias and Why the Hollywood Mentality is so Dangerous
I’ve been accused of being slow on the uptake of the “new” and “fashionable”. To be honest, most of the time, it’s true. I avoid popular culture like the plague, sometimes to my detriment. Sometimes […]
Internet 2.0 and Why You Can’t Expect to Live Anonymously Anymore
There’s a scene in 2012 Academy Award winning film musical Les Miserables (based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo) where one of the main characters, Marius, laments about the death of […]
Bush Family Jewels Leaked: The Internet and Privacy
Last week, a hacker named Guccifer leaked the contents of Bush family email communications to the internet. Notably, the content of the leak, which originated from 2011-2012, included continuity plans regarding the death of former […]