This is a really interesting overview of both WikiLeaks and the wider issues of open government, open society and how the internet is enabling both. I...moreThis is a really interesting overview of both WikiLeaks and the wider issues of open government, open society and how the internet is enabling both. It's important we all understand we are in the journey to openness and the impediments still in the way. Our freedoms from serfdom to the middle class of modern societies were hard won over many centuries, be awake to how open and free our society really is.(less)
This book has some really wholesome ideas that we all need to hear now and again. It reminds us that we aren't defined by the brand of our shoes, the...moreThis book has some really wholesome ideas that we all need to hear now and again. It reminds us that we aren't defined by the brand of our shoes, the cost of our watch and the postcode we live in, it reminds us to be grateful for our abundant lives. However, somewhere around 2/3 of the way through James starts on a diatribe about day care and I start to understand his assumption is that we all work for money, that people using day care must only be doing it because they want more possessions - what about the satisfaction of working hard at work that fulfills you, and at the end of the day sharing some moments of that with your children, hoping that they too will grow up and find such satisfaction. I had to stop reading at this point. He has a series of interviews that become increasingly disturbing as he categorises people and sums up their menial existance from his higher plane of knowledge. I wouldn't profess to know a person so well that I can judge them that way, at least I try to remember not to, James should too.(less)
A very entertaining and thoroughly enjoyable foray into why we have degenerated as a society to the easy and dumb options. We are wanting a quick fix...moreA very entertaining and thoroughly enjoyable foray into why we have degenerated as a society to the easy and dumb options. We are wanting a quick fix for everything and please don't stimulate my intellect, mental chewing gum is all I want in the form of gossip, trashy role models and vacuous actors with an opinion on everything. What has happenned to the rigour of thought, exposition and deep understanding?(less)
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