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Try Harder
by possibly noteworthy at 10:02 am EST, Dec 21, 2010

Ask yourself:

Will using the prefix "cyber" make me look like an idiot?

Michael German, a former FBI agent who now leads the American Civil Liberties Union's campaign on national security and privacy matters:

How do we know there are enough controls?

Miguel Bustillo And Ann Zimmerman:

Accenture this year found that 73% of mobile-powered shoppers preferred peering into their phones for basic assistance over talking to a retail clerk.

Robert Lane Greene:

It wants to be with you everywhere.

Jesse Walker:

How will those big institutions react to this leaky new era? One theory says they'll keep fewer secrets and behave with greater care. Forced into the sunshine, they'll revise their behavior; if they're more likely to be caught misbehaving, then they'll be less likely to misbehave. A rival theory says they'll just try harder not to be caught.

Christopher Hitchens:

The people who really curl my lip are the ones who willingly accept such supporters for the sake of a Republican victory, and then try to write them off as not all that important, or not all that extreme, or not all that insane in wanting to repeal several amendments to a Constitution that they also think is unalterable because it's divine! It may be true that the Tea Party's role in November's vote was less than some people feared, and it's certainly true that several of the movement's elected representatives will very soon learn the arts of compromise and the pork barrel. But then what happens at the next downturn? A large, volatile constituency has been created that believes darkly in betrayal and conspiracy.


 
 
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