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Brexit and globalisation

Two momentous events that took place last year were the election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States, and the UK’s referendum on EU membership that led to the “Brexit” decision to leave the union. The two are often lumped together and seen as symptoms of a single larger force, which they probably […]

Posted 30 March 2017 † Johan § Life § Philosophy ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

The coming politicization of mathematics and computer science

Increasingly, ordinary people encrypt their internet communications. Some want to share files. Some are worried about the increasing surveillance and threats of surveillance of Internet data that is taking place in many corners of the world. ACTA, Hadopi, data retention would be a few examples. People may simply wish to keep their data private, even […]

Posted 09 October 2010 † johan § Computer science ‡ Comments (6) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Rasmus Fleischer’s postdigital manifesto

In his highly timely and readable 2009 book “The Postdigital Manifesto”, Swedish writer and historian Rasmus Fleischer discusses the effects of the digital on our relation to music and sets out his vision for how we can make music listening more meaningful. Fleischer is a prolific blogger (almost exclusively in Swedish) at Copyriot, and is […]

Posted 09 August 2010 † johan § Life § Philosophy ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , , ,