evgeny morozov

Historic Win for the Pirate Party Movement in Iceland… a cyberculture roundup…

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Pirate Party Enters Iceland?s National Parliament After Historic Election Win from TorrentFreak by Ernesto Founded in 2006, the Pirate party movement has scored some big and small victories over the years. Their biggest success came in 2009 when the party won two seats at the European Parliament. During the last year this was followed by … Read more

Nice one on Morozov’s rhetoric of contempt:

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Evgeny Morozov and the Rhetoric of Contempt from The Meta-Activism Project by Mary Evgeny Morozov is perhaps the most skilled contemporary practitioner of the rhetoric of contempt.  He seeks to win arguments (and attention) by treating ideas he dislikes with scorn and ridicule and by treating their proponents with mockery and cruelty.  He encourages this behavior in others. … Read more