We are all in this together. An expression we hear a a lot these days. And rightly so, as we depend on government to relieve the millions of people and businesses affected by global economic disruption and provide us with the security of vaccination. Perhaps it’s important to endure a
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Views from the Beltline: The state, not the private sector, invented the modern economy
I read an article in The Economist a while ago that insisted the state should constrain itself to providing basic services and otherwise stay out of the economy. That is, of course, a common belief on the right. The Economist, however, ought to know better. Let us assume that governments
Continue readingDemocracy Needs Gatekeepers
When the Internet arrived and then computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee unleashed the world wide web, a paradise of communication loomed. Now everyone could have access to all the world’s knowledge. We would all know everything we wanted or needed to know to make us ideal citizens. We would make wise
Continue readingWe really should pay attention to these guys
I know precious little about the World Wide Web other than that it serves me royally. Tim Berners-Lee, on the other hand, knows a lot about it. And he should—he invented it. He is a leading authority on the power and the vulnerabilities of the Internet, uniquely qualified to comment
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