If we need simple narratives so people can amplify and spread them, are we forced to engage only with the simplest of problems?

It's fine to have social media that connects us with old friends, but we need tools that help us discover new people as well.

I can imagine Iceland becoming a good place to run a controversial Web site. But... Iceland may find itself forced to defend controversial speech.

We are trying to do a transfer of technology that allows people to express themselves without taking risks. It is about free speech, that's all.

I can read a lot of French newspapers with Google Translate and have them read quite comfortably.

Reading the text of my blog itself is not really the interesting part. The exciting part is how the Internet allows me to be the eyes and ears for the people sending me postings from Africa.