I wrote a piece for Quartz Ideas on irony and tragedy of Hillary Clinton, architect of the internet freedom agenda, and the prospects of a “splinternet”: The open internet, she suggested, could help open up closed societies and support the “peace and security that provide a foundation for global...
In 2012 I was traveling through China and had made my way to Xi’an, the capital of Shaanxi province. In the Shaanxi province you have Mt. Hua (华山), one of the Five Great Mountains of China. It’s a 12-18 hour hike to the summit, which is typically done overnight because you don’t want to see […
In an old cover, a Charlie Hebdo cartoonist is drawn in passionate, loving embrace of an Islamic extremist. ”Love is stronger than hate” reads the headline. I’ve no doubt that extremists would be appalled by this symbolic invitation to modernity, tinged with in-your-face homosexuality that only s...