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The Web has been called a "database of intentions." The bigger that database grows, and the more deeply it is mined, the more difficult it may become to discern whether those intentions are our own or ones that have been implanted in us.

The Rise of the Neuronovel

On the Open Democracy website earlier this month, the philosopher and Scottish nationalist Tom Nairn posted an essay on the English postman as symbol of decline.

Cory Doctorow kicks off a unique publishing experiment--and a monthly PW column

“If they’re too big to fail, they’re too big,” Greenspan
said today. “In 1911 we broke up Standard Oil -- so what
happened? The individual parts became more valuable than the
whole. Maybe that’s what we need to do.”

3 Nifty iPhone Apps For News Consumption On The Go

The developing world has made clear that it will not agree a commitment to cut emissions without commitments of hard cash and without the West agreeing to impose upon itself interim targets for 2020. Gordon Brown attempted to seize the initiative by calling for rich countries to hand over $100bn (£60bn) each year to help the developing world cope with the effects of global warming - but the figure falls well short of the 1% of rich countries GDP that the G77 group of nations has suggested should be handed over in climate change funding.

However the late nineteenth century also saw

This synopsis of the argument aims to give a taste of the vast debate on the question.