Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Global Information Society Watch 2012: The Internet and Corruption.

Finlay, Alan, ed. "Global Information Society Watch 2012: The Internet and Corruption." Association for Progressive Communications and the Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries, 2012. 

From the report: "In an era of reciprocal accountability we are all inclined to fear omnipresent observation – not the divine judgement of the second millennium, but rather the constant, networked, live-streamed observation of the third millennium. It sounds exhausting, and often is, but if we aspire to our better selves, if we are tolerant of those who are different, if we always grant the benefit of doubt when lacking sufficient context, then reciprocal accountability might grant us all greater freedom and prosperity." Read more