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Is reputation obsolete?

In the past, most conversations were ephemeral: spoken words quickly slipped into the past, resurrected only if a listener later repeated them from memory. Today, many discussions and transactions live on indefinitely.
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Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:00:00 -0700

The Right to Privacy. Again.

Our identities in the online world are as real and as significant as our identities in the physical world. Our friendships are formed through the personal details we share on the pages of Facebook and the IMs and emails that traverse across the ether.
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:00:00 -0700

How I Learned to Stop Worrying about New Media Literacy and Love the Internet

While it offers a useful general perspective on the future of media literacy, Dan Gillmor’s essay doesn’t fully answer some of the most fundamental questions about the relationship between education, media, and democracy. Let me sketch just a few of them:
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Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0700

The Good Governance Mix

One of the outstanding features of David Weinberger’s writing about the web is his unwillingness to fall into the trap of making all or nothing, simple dichotomies. More than anyone writing about the web he understands and enjoys its miscellaneous messiness.
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Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:00:00 -0700

Why Tacit Governance of the Net is an Imperative

Human beings are complex adaptive systems. We’re surrounded by such systems, in nature and in society: our immune systems, our bodies, the natural ecosystems around us, the very society we live in. The Net is no different, both in its complexity as well as in its adaptive nature.
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Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 -0700

Access to Drum Beat in Rural Tanzania

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Fri, 02 May 2008 12:19:29 -0700
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