Gesellschaft… Das Zeitalter der Uneigentlichkeit hat begonnen 24 Feb 202023 Feb 2020 Uneigentlichkeit ist die Form des sich vollziehenden dritten Jahrtausends. Wie sie uns alle betreffen wird und warum sie uns ängstigen sollte. Eine philosophische Spurensuche Paul Sailer-Wlasits | TELEPOLIS Spuren nehmen…
Freidenker… Remembering Charlie Hebdo (and Defending Offensive Jokes) 4 Jul 20173 Jul 2017 Two years ago, two gunmen entered the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine known for unashamedly lampooning religions, politicians, and famous figures, and demanded, “Where is Charb? Where…
Gesellschaft… Facebook’s War on Weed Is Totally Legal, But It Still Sucks 21 Apr 201720 Apr 2017 Just another reason to reconsider our total reliance on a handful of social media sites. By Daniel Oberhaus | MOTHERBOARD It's rare to get online these days without being networked…
Gesellschaft… Terror Scanning Database For Social Media Raises More Questions than Answers 10 Dez 20169 Dez 2016 On Monday, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube announced a new partnership to create a “shared industry database” that identifies “content that promotes terrorism.” Each company will use the database to…
Gesellschaft… How a Reengineered Internet Could Protect Free Speech 4 Dez 20163 Dez 2016 That the internet works for so many people and across so many different technologies can seem kind of miraculous, but the internet's founders had nothing like this in mind. When…
Bildung… Charlie Hebdo editor’s defiant message at ceremony for award that has divided literary greats 9 Mai 20159 Mai 2015 ‘Being shocked is part of the democratic debate,’ says French satirical magazine’s editor as armed police guard New York gala By Philip Sherwell|The Telegraph The editor of the French satirical…
Bildung… Steven Pinker’s „Why free speech is fundamental“ 7 Feb 20156 Feb 2015 First published as an editorial in the Boston Globe, January 27th, 2015. Author is Harvard Professor and award winning writer, Steven Pinker. http://www.bostonglobe.com/ http://stevenpinker.com/ https://twitter.com/sapinker
Bildung… Answering 16 of the Worst #JeSuisCharlie #CharlieHebdo Memes 19 Jan 201518 Jan 2015 In response to the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo offices last week, I have read a number of arguments, claims, and memes that I strongly disagree with. By Daniel Fincke|Camels…
Fundamentalismus… Trolls and Martyrdom: Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie 11 Jan 201510 Jan 2015 When the only thing you’re reverent of is irreverence, you eventually get chan culture—people who shout racial slurs and think they’ve accomplished something in the name of 'free speech.' By…