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Polarization of discussion can be a problem in e-spaces, though some e-folks are able to poke fun at it. Last month Ethan Zimmerman posted a set of superb essays on “Homophily, serendipity, xenophilia” [1, 2]. His premise is simple enough: “it’s possible to miss huge trends, changes and opportunities by talking solely to people who agree with you.” From this he frames “birds of a feather flock together

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at the beginning of the 21st century. And I agree wholeheartedly with him on this statement because never before has so many experts NOT politicians come together in support of Africa. There was a real sense of urgency among the speakers as the the aid vs investment debated heated up over the four days in Arusha. Anyway why is this a setback for South Africa? We need to shift the focus from all the crap from Eskom, crime, Jakob Zuma, Zimbabwe and more. TEDAfrica in Cape Town would have been a dream come true for

to privacy and security; these are the solutions he hopes to see. Session 2 was a session led by John Palfrey discussing the implications for politics. Palfrey wonderfully tied together multiple topics in a succinct matter. He highlighted the work of Ethan Zuckerman, Beth Kolko and John Kelly. I've been a fan of Ethan's work for a long time. In addition to the terrific blog he writes, Ethan co-founded Global Voices which aggregates foreign language blogs to give the world a better view of what is happening around

Ethan Zuckermann... is just a natural thing here! They are speakers and participants, they are here ready to talk to anybody, answering questions, making suggestions ... it is just wonderful! What crowd of outstanding people!

Ethan suggested yesterday that I should write some of my reviews of the Bulgarian media in English. It makes sense, as the Bulgarians are already aware of the “news” created by the media, while this phenomenon remains quite unknown abroad.

Ci sono un sacco di cose. Per dire, la traduzione di questo articolo di Eric Alterman sulla fine della stampa per colpa del web. E' ricco di cose da imparare. Nello stesso dossier, De Biase e De Bortoli, Granieri e Andrew Keen, David Weinberger e Ethan Zuckermann. Alcuni pessimisti, altri ottimisti. [Stereo Typi] Detta cos??, mi sembra di essere finito in uno di quei giochi da settimana enigmistica tipo "trova l'intruso". Ma il dossier lo segnalo perch?? sono curioso di leggerlo io per primo.

themselves exploring a freedom never before imagines: to indulge their curiosity, to debate, to disagree, to laugh at themselves, to compare visions, to learn, to create new art, new knowledge... or simply to communicate, as Global Voices co-founder Ethan Zuckerman's 'The history of digital community, in less than 7 minutes' (via Sambrook) so aptly shows we've been doing 'literally from the moment people started connecting computers to one another':

themselves exploring a freedom never before imagines: to indulge their curiosity, to debate, to disagree, to laugh at themselves, to compare visions, to learn, to create new art, new knowledge... or simply to communicate, as Global Voices co-founder Ethan Zuckerman's 'The history of digital community, in less than 7 minutes' (via Sambrook) so aptly shows we've been doing 'literally from the moment people started connecting computers to one another':