Category: Politics
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Actions and consequences: what will 2016 present?
2015 was a stepping-stone year in the evolution of technology and people’s behaviours, with events that gave us greater insight into actions and consquences. A big one is the thorny matter of balancing the long-held expectation of individual privacy –…
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Identity inconvenience to the fore in 2016
The topic of identity ought to be front of mind for most of us at the moment following the horrific Paris attacks last week. The ability of the terrorists to freely move around France and to and from Belgium and…
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Theresa May unveils UK surveillance measures in wake of Snowden claims
Spy agencies will be able to track everyone’s internet use without warrantUK governments have signed secret orders on data collection for years
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A key lesson in political fund-raising
President Clinton is Really Smart. Mountain View, California, 1995. During his reelection campaign, President Bill Clinton attended a fundraiser thrown by the top CEOs of Silicon Valley. L. John Doerr (center) helped organize the visit at the home of Regis…
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Is it time for a post-capitalism post-communism mashup?
Books on politics and political issues rarely capture my attention or my imagination. During the past decade, I have read just three books about politics, all biographies – Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton and Tony Blair. Probably great fodder for Freudians…