In 1984 Umberto Eco, a semiotician and author of the popular book and film Name of the Rose, wrote an essay entitled A Guide to …

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Elsewhere, in the 2nd of a 3 part essay on propaganda and the copyright, I discussed the myth and history of copyright as “property”, and …

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This morning I was talking with my friend Nora about a conversation over style and culture in a recent Mark Crispin Miller class. As presented …

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Shirky’s and Danah’s comments on Friendster reminded me of a response I sent to Danah, after I introduced myself to her. Through various …

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This month’s Scientific America has an article by Charles H. Bennett, Ming Li and Bin Ma examining the evolution of 33 chain letters using …

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I finally had the pleasure of meeting Siva Vaidhyanathan yesterday, who mentioned Susan Garfinkel’s work on the architecture of Quaker Meeting Houses. Given my …

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