If you want to screw up a group, make the members suspicious of the security of their communications. From Paul Rosenberg at freemansperspective.com:
Julian Assange is now free and recovering from his long, malicious ordeal. We wish him and his family all the very best. He is a hero, and paid a high price for it.
A lot of people know the what about Julian and WikiLeaks – that they published secret information – but they don’t know the why. And that’s unfortunate, because the thinking behind all the leaks is both brilliant and illuminating.
It Began With The Cypherpunks
WikiLeaks, like Bitcoin, came from the cypherpunks. In particular, WikiLeaks was spawned by a cypherpunk group that formed spontaneously in Melbourne, Australia.
In other words, WikiLeaks is the creation of some smart guys who were inspired by Timothy C. May, Eric Hughes, Murray Rothbard, and a few others. Assange was part of this group and an intriguing thinker in his own right.
Julian explained what WikiLeaks would be doing, and why, back in 2006. (You can still find a copy here.) Given the worldwide recognition of WikiLeaks, it’s a little crazy that this is so little known and discussed, but I’ll do my part to change that condition.
Don’t forget Douglas Copeland who coined the term Generation X with his book about those born from 1960-1978.
We learned Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales in 12th grade in the framed narrative department.
Sadly Cyberpunk is probably not one of Billy Idol’s better efforts and it could be shoddy producers, too many substances, over ambitious, way ahead of the curve?
Like the aliens in Independence Day, he should’ve used Windows. (rimshot)
Deniro as Lou Cipher was funny and some never picked up on the name.
Cipher was the bad guy in the first Matrix that the sisters stole, that’s why the other two aren’t all that.
JA was bringing us the unvarnished truth and for that he deserves a tip of the hat. (H/T)