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Aug 12, 2025

On Moral Politics

A Camaldolese monk once said to me (in an appointment for which he kindly broke his silence), “You taking scripture literally? Jesus spoke…

On Moral Politics

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Mar 6, 2022

Beyond the Web

Watch this (it’s only 30 seconds) and then answer these questions:

Beyond the Web

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Nov 24, 2021

We need a Theia

Some prophecies come true.

We need a Theia

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May 19, 2021

Making useful photographs

What does it mean when hundreds of thousands of one’s photos appear in articles, essays and posts all over the Web—and one hasn’t been paid…

Making useful photographs

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Jul 28, 2020

The New Character of Positioning: Where You Come From Matters More than Where You’re Going

By Doc Searls October 10, 1997

The New Character of Positioning: Where You Come From Matters More than Where You’re Going

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Dec 4, 2019

The Universe is a startup

Earth is 4.54 billion years old. It was born 9.247 years after the Big Bang, which happened 13.787 billion years ago. Meaning that our…

The Universe is a startup

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Sep 13, 2019

What does the Internet make of us?

“We shape our tools and then our tools shape us,” wrote Father John Culkin, SJ, a Professor of Communication at Fordham and a colleague of…

What does the Internet make of us?

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Sep 3, 2019

If Your Privacy Is in the Hands of Others Alone, You Don’t Have Any

Privacy regulations are good, but without a clear understanding of them, or enforcement, they can actually make things worse—especially if…

If Your Privacy Is in the Hands of Others Alone, You Don’t Have Any

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Jul 17, 2019

This thing is bigger than journalism

We who care about journalism are asked to join the Save Journalism Project, and its fight against Big Tech. Their pitch begins,

This thing is bigger than journalism

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Jul 6, 2019

A Privacy Manifesto

The following lives in continuous draft form at the ProjectVRM wiki. Improvements are welcome. (Details in the Call to Action at the…

A Privacy Manifesto

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Author of The Intention Economy, co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto, Fellow of CITS at UCSB, alumnus Fellow of the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard.

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