Here’s the kind of freedom I’m not interested in: It’s the freedom to choose between other people’s options. Some examples: The freedom to buy one brand of shampoo or another. The freedom of flextime, choosing to enter a job either at 8am or 9am. The freedom of fashion, showing good taste by choosing Apple over […]
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Towards Data Sovereignty
As our lives extend into the digital realm, personal sovereignty becomes a question of more than just our minds and bodies. It becomes a question of data and the web, and a question of how to control it. Considering the current Google+ hype, I would like to start a discussion about self-ownership and personal sovereignty […]
Beyond Rules
In 2009, the average employed American spent 8.7 hours of his day at work. We work more than we sleep. We work more than we eat. We work more than we cook, talk with friends, have sex, take walks, paint pictures, eat ice-cream, write books, play with children, pursue hobbies, make sports, drink in shabby […]