Whenever something really bad happens, we tend to rush to do something quick and fast which makes us feel better, but throws out important principles...

Whenever something really bad happens, we tend to rush to do something quick and fast which makes us feel better, but throws out important principles...

Yesterday evening our son and I were taking a train back from Long Island on the LIRR and the trip was a great illustration of how decrepit our infra...

Yesterday evening our son and I were taking a train back from Long Island on the LIRR and the trip was a great illustration of how decrepit our infra...

I wrote recently about how we are at a time during which lots of little decisions will determine whether we find ourselves in an information utopia o...

I wrote recently about how we are at a time during which lots of little decisions will determine whether we find ourselves in an information utopia o...

This is a short follow up to my Friday post which argued for protest over more crypto and received a lot of critical comments. Based on these here ar...

This is a short follow up to my Friday post which argued for protest over more crypto and received a lot of critical comments. Based on these here ar...

A while back I had stopped worrying about bee Colony Collapse Disorder because it had been out of the news for a while. From this morning’s New York ...

A while back I had stopped worrying about bee Colony Collapse Disorder because it had been out of the news for a while. From this morning’s New York ...

In the startup world we sometimes talk about the difference between being a peacetime CEO and a wartime CEO (cf this famous essay by Ben Horowitz). W...

In the startup world we sometimes talk about the difference between being a peacetime CEO and a wartime CEO (cf this famous essay by Ben Horowitz). W...

Short post because I am away with the family, but I can’t help myself given the shutdowns of Lavabit and Silent Mail. This is what I mean when I say ...

Short post because I am away with the family, but I can’t help myself given the shutdowns of Lavabit and Silent Mail. This is what I mean when I say ...

The Internet makes possible unprecedented levels of transparency. That is why it all the more disconcerting that large government programs operate en...

The Internet makes possible unprecedented levels of transparency. That is why it all the more disconcerting that large government programs operate en...

It has been interesting to follow the recent spate of attacks on the systems of large companies including Apple and Facebook. The latest theory is th...

It has been interesting to follow the recent spate of attacks on the systems of large companies including Apple and Facebook. The latest theory is th...

So the sentence for Chelsea Manning is 35 years. The intention of government here is obvious: like everything else in the ridiculously harsh treatmen...

So the sentence for Chelsea Manning is 35 years. The intention of government here is obvious: like everything else in the ridiculously harsh treatmen...