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    "markdown": "\n[Details surface about Google's project Glass][1]. The future is now\nand all that. [Rainbows End][2] and [Daemon][3]/[Freedom™][4]\nare now required reading.\n\nI didn't realize when I first saw it but xkcd's April 1st comic was\nactually quite [brilliant][xkcd].\n\nSome [good advice on giving academic talks][talk] under the twin\nlenses of memory (your audience's resource — build context and \nbe wary of details) and fear (your resource — desensitize and\ndissociate).\n\nAn [interesting privacy hack][priv] for the web was announced and\n[kickstarted][privk]. \nAmusingly enough they use Libya's [ccTLD][tld] ([.ir][ir] or [.eg][eg] would also have\nbeen apropos). Hopefully they've thought about domain seizures. \n\nAnd on a related note, [here's a good read on the internet wars][war].\nIn particular the forces of order (SOPA/PIPA, Iran, China, Egypt,\netc.) vs. the forces of chaos (Anonymous, LulzSec, etc.).\n\n[1]: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/google-begins-testing-its-augmented-reality-glasses/ \"Google Glasses\"\n[2]: http://www.amazon.com/Rainbows-End-Vernor-Vinge/dp/0812536363/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333925648&sr=8-1 \"Rainbows End\"\n[3]: http://www.amazon.com/Daemon-Daniel-Suarez/dp/B003L1ZXCU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333925660&sr=8-1 \"Daemon\"\n[4]: http://www.amazon.com/Freedom-TM-Daemon-ebook/dp/B002VUFKDY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1333925660&sr=8-3 \"Freedom\"\n\n[xkcd]: http://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/rnpiw/mindboggling_xkcd_april_fools_comic/ \"April 1st xkcd\"\n\n[talk]: http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/weblog/900.html \"Academic Talks\"\n[priv]: https://priv.ly/ \"Priv.ly\"\n[privk]: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/229630898/protect-your-content-anywhere-on-the-web-privly \"Priv.ly kickstarter\"\n[tld]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CcTLD \"ccTLD\"\n[ir]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ir \"Iran's ccTLD\"\n[eg]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.eg \"Egypt's ccTLD\"\n\n[war]: http://m.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/05/internet-regulation-war-sopa-pipa-defcon-hacking.print \"World War 3.0\"\n",
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  "publishedAt": "2012-04-08T00:00:00.000Z",
  "textContent": "[Details surface about Google's project Glass][1]. The future is now and all that. [Rainbows End][2] and [Daemon][3]/[Freedom™][4] are now required reading. I didn't realize when I first saw it but xkcd's April 1st comic was actually quite [brilliant][xkcd]. Some [good advice on giving academic talks][talk] under the twin lenses of memory (your audience's resource — build context and be wary of details) and fear (your resource — desensitize and dissociate). An [interesting privacy hack][priv] for the web was announced and [kickstarted][privk]. Amusingly enough they use Libya's [ccTLD][tld] ([.ir][ir] or [.eg][eg] would also have been apropos). Hopefully they've thought about domain seizures. And on a related note, [here's a good read on the internet wars][war]. In particular the forces of order (SOPA/PIPA, Iran, China, Egypt, etc.) vs. the forces of chaos (Anonymous, LulzSec, etc.). [1]: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/google begins testing its augmented reality glasses/ \"Google Glasses\" [2]: http://www.amazon.com/Rainbows End Vernor Vinge/dp/0812536363/ref=sr 1 1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333925648&sr=8 1 \"Rainbows End\" [3]: http://www.amazon.com/Daemon Daniel Suarez/dp/B003L1ZXCU/ref=sr 1 1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333925660&sr=8 1 \"Daemon\" [4]: http://www.amazon.com/Freedom TM Daemon ebook/dp/B002VUFKDY/ref=sr 1 3?ie=UTF8&qid=1333925660&sr=8 3 \"Freedom\" [xkcd]: http://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/rnpiw/mindboggling xkcd april fools comic/ \"April 1st xkcd\" [talk]: http://cscs.umich.edu/ crshalizi/weblog/900.html \"Academic Talks\" [priv]: https://priv.ly/ \"Priv.ly\" [privk]: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/229630898/protect your content anywhere on the web privly \"Priv.ly kickstarter\" [tld]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CcTLD \"ccTLD\" [ir]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ir \"Iran's ccTLD\" [eg]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.eg \"Egypt's ccTLD\" [war]: http://m.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/05/internet regulation war sopa pipa defcon hacking.print \"World War 3.0\""
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