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The Two Undersides to Geo-Politics

October 23, 2020

At the explicit level, today’s geo-political struggle is about the U.S. maintaining its primacy of power – with financial power being a subset to this political power. Carl Schmitt, whose thoughts had…

Internet Resources Become Weaponized – High Tech Oligarchs Threaten Democracy

October 22, 2020

Opinion

The current electoral campaign differs from that of 2016 in that the media, both conventional and online, has realized its power and has been openly playing a major role in what might well prove to be…

‘Censorship Rubicon’? Big Tech Burying Biden-Ukraine Story Either Wakes Up Republicans or Drives Nail in Their Political Coffin

October 16, 2020

Opinion

If Big Tech's latest censorship fiasco – the suppression of a New York Post scoop that might harm Joe Biden's presidential campaign – doesn't spur Republicans to act, they may as well quit pretending …

Epic Drama – Is Tim Sweeney’s Attack on App Stores a Case of Unreal Narcissism or Something Else?

September 30, 2020

Opinion

On August 6th, 2020 President Trump issued an executive order barring transactions with WeChat or its parent company Tencent Holdings, Ltd. See here. Tencent owns 48% of Epic Games, from a $330M inves…

Is Social Media like a Weapon of Mass Destruction?

September 28, 2020

Opinion

A few days ago John Hyten, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, declared that a cyber attack that has “a significant impact” on the United States or “significantly affects the world” can be…

The End of Reality?

September 20, 2020

Opinion

In 1888, the year before he went insane, Friedrich Nietzsche wrote the following in Twilight of the Idols: We have got rid of the real world: what world is left? The apparent world perhaps…

Ukraine’s Banning of Russian Media Apps is a Desperate Infringement of Free Speech

September 19, 2020

Opinion

Ukraine's Banning Of Russian Media Apps Is A Desperate Infringement Of Free Speech Ukraine's demand that Apple ban several Russian media apps from that national segment of its online store is a desper…

Germany, France and the EU Succumb to US Digital Hegemony

September 17, 2020

Opinion

It is official. President of France, Emmanuel Macron, on Monday 14, 2020, conceded that Europe has lost the battle for data security and cloud computing. The continent cannot compete against America.&…