In a verdict today, the Czech Constitutional Court killed the Czech implementation of the detested Data Retention Directive. Ubiquitous surveillance of every human being…
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Putting Humanism First Row Center?
In my post about the eight spokes of information policy, there was a lot of constructive feedback. It seems to be enough on target…
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Telcos Dead In 20 Years – And They Deserve It
I see three parallel developments that I predict will kill the phone companies as we know them. Unfortunately, this is not a minute too…
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The Eight Spokes of Information Policy?
For a long time, I’ve been trying to summarize what it is that makes us pirates, a set of basic political principles from where…
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The Swarm's Activation Ladder
In any swarm, it is essential to know where the paths to individual success coincide with the success of the swarm’s mission, and to…
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Inevitable Frag of Domain Name System?
With the recent mass confiscations of domain names in the Land of the free United States, it has become obvoius that politicians have discovered…
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A Swarm Can Only Grow On Its Edges
A swarm only grows on its fuzzy edge. At the swarm’s center, everybody is already involved at the highest level. This leads to an…
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Keynote in Friedrichshafen: "Why are you here?"
My closing keynote at the General Assembly 2011 of Pirate Parties International was well received, and has been subtitled into several languages so far….
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Should Pirate Parties Include The Coming Swarm Economy As Policy?
The job market is never going back to lifetime employments. Industry-critical work such as free software or Wikipedia is not counted as value at…
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Who makes our laws?
Yesterday’s vote in the Swedish Parliament about data retention — which fortunately went well for now — unveils a deeper issue with the way…
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