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http://i.stuff.co.nz/national/8972743/US-spy-agencies-eavesdrop-on-Kiwi The free flow of information critically protects societies from oppression, paralyzing paranoia and limited creativity. Why are we so quick to give it up with the advent of new technologies?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelellsberg/2011/06/24/the-top-4-reasons-why-passive-income-is-a-dangerous-fantasy/3/ Every dollar we get comes with a price. What it is reflects the narrative we have made about the work we are doing.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/07/27/opinion/blow-carving-up-the-country.html A system can be gamed for only so long before breaking, given that real people endure the decisions of those in power.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23452097 Chinese mastery of censorship created a business opp for the country. How about that for a cultural export.

http://m.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/07/chart-rich-taxes-income-capital-labor?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed I would invest more but I spend too much time working.

http://www.niemanlab.org/2013/07/gawker-is-letting-readers-rewrite-headlines-and-reframe-articles/ Everyone is your site’s author. Okeydoke.

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/07/25/how_nancy_pelosi_saved_the_nsa_surveillance_program Pelosi is concerned enough to write a letter about surveillance but won’t go for the votekill. Wow. A letter. Such a strong stance.

http://m.computerworld.com/s/article/9241003/U.S._cloud_firms_face_backlash_from_NSA_spy_programs And now the business arguments against NSA spying.

A woman in Britain looking for a treat on the trot got nothing but rejection from Sheriff Ronald McDonald when she guided her steed to the drive-thru. She tried going inside instead. How’d that turn out? “Customers were distressed when the animal did his ‘business’ on the floor of the eatery, Manchester police told the … Read more

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