nice article from econtent about RSS (maybe because they quoted Rael?)...

The Pope recently praised the Internet as a great invention and called on church members to take advantage of it. But he warned: "The Internet offers extensive knowledge, but it does not teach values and when values are disregarded, our very humanity is demeaned. ... Understanding and wisdom are the fruit of a contemplative eye upon the world, and do not come from a mere accumulation of facts, no matter how interesting."

Capability-based Financial Instruments "Smart Contracts: Patterns of Cooperation without Vulnerability A contract is a mutually agreeable arrangement of rules among mutually suspicious parties so they may cooperate with limited risks to each other's mischief. It is a game both are willing to play because both expect to win." Smart contracts are about the interfaces between pairs of nodes.  Self-Organizing...

Community comes from shared cultural references.

Great RAND paper on reviewing history to discern the future (even though it was written in 1998) by comparing publishing to the Internet. It's always good to review where we have been.

Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig points out the reasons why broadband hasn't caught on in the U.S.

Will ZeoSync's claimed data compression technology really revolutionize computing?

At least one lawmaker has decided to not turn a blind eye to the Audio Home Recording Act, throwing a big wrench in the music industries plan for all CD's to be copy-protected.

How to position yourself for the Next Big Thing

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.