A tribute to Joseph Weizenbaum
"There is only one way to turn signals into information, through interpretation", wrote the computer critic Joseph Weizenbaum. As Google's hegemony over online content increases, argues Geert Lovink, we should stop searching and start questioning. [ more ]
"Transit" advocates a concerted EU approach to Russia; on '68, "Osteuropa" mends a split consciousness while "Mittelweg 36" regrets nothing; "Mute" critiques "Green capitalism"; "Esprit" observes democracy's transformations; "Wespennest" awaits something better; "Kulturos barai" defends Fluxus; "Host" hits the road; "Le Monde diplomatique" (Oslo) follows the comic strip of empire; "Dialogi" warns against experts; "Reset" seeks perspectives for Italy's Democrats.
(b. 1938) is professor of modern history at the Berlin Humboldt University. He is author of Der lange Weg nach Westen [The long route West], for which he won the Friedrich Schiedel Prize for Literature.
Some lessons from postwar Germany
If postwar developments in Germany are instructive at all, they are in showing that those who want to help other countries can at most help them to help themselves. [more]
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