Re: [NetBehaviour] Digital Anarchy and Wikileaks. Or , Skynet doesn’t look anything like we thought it did.

2010-12-12 Thread Alan Sondheim
Interesting post, and a few comments. First, I'm surprised at how little difference the _leaks_ are making; it's ironically the flesh of Assange and the flesh of his flesh that seems to be of (distributed) core value - the attarcks on Amazon, Mastercard, etc. It's like the breathing of an

[NetBehaviour] Digital Anarchy and Wikileaks. Or, Skynet doesn’t look anything like we thought it did.

2010-12-12 Thread Edward Picot
Patrick - Right on, and beautifully written/reasoned. I just hope it really does work out that the infosphere is stronger than the nation state, and that if one Wikileaks site is closed down another one will spring up in its place. It feels more precariously balanced to me. - Edward

[NetBehaviour] Digital Anarchy and Wikileaks. Or, Skynet doesn’t look anything like we thought it did.

2010-12-11 Thread Lichty, Patrick
Digital Anarchy and Wikileaks. Or, Skynet doesn’t look anything like we thought it did. This is the first time I’ve posted in a while, but I think we’re in significant times. Assange and the whole Wikileaks phenomenon is so important that it needs a little theory. To recap for those who have