Monthly Archives: March 2015

Bruce Schneier’s Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Thanos

Here’s a great Berkman panel discussing Bruce Schneier’s new book that zig-zags back and forth on which is worse – big data, or big government snooping. via Bruce Schneier’s Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and … Continue reading →

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Signs of Spring

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Thanos

The overnights and mornings here have been cold, dipping to near freezing, but our days have been temperate and things are growing. The hillsides are reaching that green haze point – that day when they seem to have a green … Continue reading →

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Merchants of Doubt: What Climate Deniers Learned from Big Tobacco

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Thanos

How professional sowers of doubt moved from issue to issue: tobacco, energy, climate. Merchants of Doubt: What Climate Deniers Learned from Big Tobacco – YouTube.

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