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And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they give no thought to the work of the Lord,
and they are not interested in what his hands are doing.
Isaiah, Chapter 5, Verse 12
Beautifull digital art work from Alessandro Bavari
The Web was invented so physicists could share research papers. Web 2.0 was invented so we could share cute pictures of our cats. The tools of Web 2.0, while designed for mundane uses, can be extremely powerful in the hands of digital activists, especially those in environments where free speech is limited.
This talk looks at creative uses of well-known tools to promote free speech in countries from Bahrain to China, and looks at ways in which the use of these tools helps evade internet censorship and promotes human rights issues to a wider audience. Great article at ethanzuckerman.com.
Interesting article at Wired: Paying attention isn’t a simple act of self-discipline, but a cognitive ability with deep neurobiological roots — and this complex faculty, says Maggie Jackson 1, is being woefully undermined by how we’re living. Digital Overload Is Frying Our Brains @ Wired.
Distracted isn’t about weighty theories, or dusty trends from the past. It’s all about the new science of attention, which is mapping, decoding and defining this essential human skill for the first time. And it’s about our power bar-grabbing, frenetic multitasking, info-overloaded, cyber-centric, no-time-to-focus lives.
After reading the wired article I directly ordered the book at Amazon: Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age Maggie Jackson (Prometheus, 2008) Foreword by Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and The Bill McKibben Reader.