Excellent piece, thanks! I'm somehow reminded of "one flew over the cuckoo's nest."
50%+ of adults in US are on some kind of "anti-depressant." The rest have their iPhones, Androids & Lumias to keep them "entertained." On Jun 3, 2013 6:05 AM, "Moritz Bartl" <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/opinion/sunday/the-banality-of-googles-dont-be-evil.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0 > > By JULIAN ASSANGE > Published: June 1, 2013 > > [...] > The authors met in occupied Baghdad in 2009, when the book was > conceived. Strolling among the ruins, the two became excited that > consumer technology was transforming a society flattened by United > States military occupation. They decided the tech industry could be a > powerful agent of American foreign policy. > [...] > The prose is terse, the argument confident and the wisdom — banal. But > this isn’t a book designed to be read. It is a major declaration > designed to foster alliances. > > “The New Digital Age” is, beyond anything else, an attempt by Google to > position itself as America’s geopolitical visionary — the one company > that can answer the question “Where should America go?” It is not > surprising that a respectable cast of the world’s most famous warmongers > has been trotted out to give its stamp of approval to this enticement to > Western soft power. The acknowledgments give pride of place to Henry > Kissinger, who along with Tony Blair and the former C.I.A. director > Michael Hayden provided advance praise for the book. > [...] > > -- > Moritz Bartl > https://www.torservers.net/ > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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