Politicana

Peter wanted me to let everyone read an e-mail I sent around a few days ago:

Even the Libertarians are freaking out … and urging everyone to vote for Obama …

David Brin is a science-fiction author and essayist, and (I believe) a longtime champion of libertarian causes. He’s also known for his book called the “Transparent Society,” in which he basically argues that privacy is a mirage and the best we can do is to give everyone access to all the information that’s collected about all of us, instead of leaving it in the hands of corporations and government agencies.

I disagree, btw …

Anyway, here’s his two latest blog posts:

http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2008/09/who-is-credible-to-fix-mess-its-time.html

http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2008/09/scary-stuff-political-lamp-is-lit.html