A new issue of Utopian Studies is out. Peter Ludlow (Northwestern): The Philosophy of Julian Assange. From Zunguzungu, an article on Julian Assange and the Computer Conspiracy: “To destroy this invisible government”. Teddy White's Ghost: A review of books on the 2008 presidential election. With so much data spinning around us, how can we make sense of it all, and for goodness sake, how can we choose where to focus our attention? A growing field known as information design may have at least part of the answer. A review of Communitas: The Origin and Destiny of Community and Bios: Biopolitics and Philosophy by Roberto Esposito. No Region Left Behind: Has the recent financial crisis provided the necessary impetus for sovereign wealth in Latin America? We knew the revolution wouldn’t be televised, but many of us really hoped it might be on the Internet — now we know these hopes were false: There was no Internet Revolution and there will be no Internet Revolution. A look at what intra- and inter- population genetic variance tells us. From TNR, a slideshow on the most powerful Republicans in Washington (and part 2). If wormholes big enough to fit a human or a spaceship exist, telescopes should be able to detect any wavering starlight the space-time shortcuts cause while moving in front of a distant star. More on Atlantic by Simon Winchester. A review of Showtime: A History of the Broadway Musical Theater by Larry Stempel (and more and more).
