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Matthew Van Natta

Matthew Van Natta
Location
San Diego, California, United States
Birthday
April 06
Bio
Matt Van Natta studies the impact of global systems on human security. He is also interested in technology's influence on the distribution of social and political power. Matt is a former military intelligence analyst and holds a degree in International Security and Conflict Resolution. He blogs at Trustocracy.com.

MY RECENT POSTS

DECEMBER 23, 2010 2:20PM

Bruce Sterling on Wikileaks

Wikileaks is a manifestation of something that has been

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AUGUST 27, 2010 4:11PM

The Coming Facebook Alternative

Facebook has 500 million active users. If it were a

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AUGUST 26, 2010 7:44PM

The Toilet as Destination

Meet Ecotact, a company focused on changing the urban poor's perception of toilets. In the slums of Eastern Africa, open trenches and flying toilets are the go to methods of waste disposal. In many slums there may be one toilet for a thousand residents. That toilet is… Read full post »

AUGUST 24, 2010 6:54PM

Trash Bin Cat and Internet Mobs

A woman drops a cat into a trash bin.

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 Harvard professor Steven Pinker’s recent New York Times op-ed solidly counters the resurgence of “tech is shrinking our brains and degrading our culture” hype. Pinker’s article, Mind Over Mass Media, claims that recent criticism of Power Point, Twitter, and mobile pho/Read full post »