Internet wunderkind and freedom of information fighter Aaron Swartz died on Friday. Although we never had the chance to interview Swartz, we did talk with an internet maverick whose political actions may be the subject of even more heated debate. Here, in remembrance of Swartz, our interview with Julian Assange.
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Transcript of secret meeting between Julian Assange and Google CEO Eric Schmidt
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Remembering Aaron Swartz
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Philosophers Zone - 26 February 2011 - The Julian Assange Conspiracy - Networks, power and activism
The object of Wikileaks is to dismantle the conspiracies that, according to its founder, rule the world. But what is a conspiracy and are you part of one? According to Assange, it’s possible to be a member of conspiracy without even knowing that you are. This week, we look at Julian Assange’s political philosophy and his view of the world as a network of conspiracies.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/philosopherszone/stories/2011/3145329.htm
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Julian Assange and the rise of nerd supremacy
This week Jaron Lanier — composer, performer, computer scientist, philosopher and pioneer of virtual reality — gets seriously sceptical about somebody a lot of people think of as a hero: Julian Assange. The Internet, according to Lanier, was influenced in equal degrees by 1960s romanticism and cold war paranoia. If the political world becomes a mirror of the Internet, then the world will be restructured around secretive digital power centres surrounded by a sea of chaotic, underachieving openness. WikiLeaks is such a centre. It’s the world of nerd supremacy.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/philosopherszone/stories/2011/3139205.htm