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William Burroughs quote

“Paranoia is having all the facts” – William Burroughs

Dan Kaminsky, one of the keynote speakers at The Next HOPE, NYC July 16-18, 2010

“Never be afraid of being wrong, being wrong just means the world is more interesting than you thought it was.” – Dan Kaminsky, at The Next HOPE, New York City July 16-18, 2010 (his talk)

Meron Benvenisti quote regards hypocracy two state solution Israel Palestine

Since it is impossible to refrain from reacting to the Palestinian demand for self-determination in the occupied territories, the Israelis seek to limit it to a mere quarter of them, those who live in the West Bank. For them they have invented a unique concept of a “state”: Its “sovereignty” will be scattered, lacking any [...]

Mayer Rothschild

“Give me control of a nation’s money and I care not who makes her laws. ” by Mayer Rothschild

Alan Moore, Kevin O’Neil – League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Alan Moore does a BBC interview on some of his more famous comics – this one is on ‘The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’.

President Harry S. Truman

“We all have to recognize, no matter how great our strength, that we must deny ourselves the license to do always as we please.” and “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” – two quotes from [...]

Lawrence Lessig – Fix Congress First

Lawrence Lessig has moved from activism on Creative Commons issues to activism on fixing Democracy. It boils down to trust. A system of governance without trust can not be an effective Democracy. A system that incorporates an addiction to lobbyists money and electoral campaigns to maintain power and, at the end, retire into the wealthy [...]

Steve Jobs Interview – 2010, All Things Digital

Long, gloves off (in a respectful way) interview with Steve Jobs. Covers a lot of ground and quite interesting.

Andrew Lacis – CO2

“The bottom line is that CO2 is absolutely, positively, and without question, the single most important greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. It acts very much like a control knob that determines the overall strength of the Earth’s greenhouse effect. Failure to control atmospheric CO2 is a bad way to run a business, and a surefire [...]

Fault Lines – In Deep Water: A Way of Life in Peril