For the first time in a few months, I’ve published a new mixtape at 8tracks. Feel free to stream it right from here, or head on over to my 8tracks profile for some other mixes I’ve made. My original coverage of 8tracks is available at Newsvine. Enjoy!
Frank Herbert’s Dune novels are rife with quotable passages on any number of topics. Here’s one of my favorites, regarding the origin of law:
The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. You have done violence to him, consumed his energy. Elaborate euphemisms may conceal your intent to kill, but behind any use of power over another the ultimate assumption remains: “I feed on your energy.”
-Addenda to orders in council; the Emperor Paul Muad’dib
[Source: Dune Messiah (published 1969) via WikiQuote]
Today’s New York Times features an article by John Markoff outlining the history of Internet security and plans to build a new, more secure global data network. Read the full post »