Month: September 2012

The legal limits of Facebook privacy and internal checks or balances

For those outside of Greece, the case yesterday of someone getting arrested for making a Facebook page probably sounds a bit like some Muslim fanatic in Iran.   It is not quite the same in some ways though it is true that Church and State are way too close in our country.  Interestingy no major… Continue reading The legal limits of Facebook privacy and internal checks or balances

The precursor to Facebook groups 450 years ago worked much better

A ridotto was pretty much like a Facebook group.   It gathered like minded people around a topic.   It was private, like a club.   Any of you who have visited Florence might have seen the plaque commemorating the Camerata, a ridotto which met at the house of Giovanni Bardi di Vernio.   They argued and talked, and gossiped… Continue reading The precursor to Facebook groups 450 years ago worked much better

Climbing Mount Improbable with Professor Varoufakis

Climbing Mount Improbable is one of many books by Richard Dawkins.   The author of “The Selfish Gene” fame.   Because that is what popular science is all about.   Finding a good analogy, or making a new one that catches on.   It’s not about science.   It’s about communication.    I remember raving… Continue reading Climbing Mount Improbable with Professor Varoufakis