Trustocracy
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
- Bruce Sterling on Wikileaks
December 23, 2010 02:17PM - The Coming Facebook
Alternative
August 27, 2010 04:10PM - The Toilet as Destination
August 26, 2010 07:43PM - Trash Bin Cat and Internet
Mobs
August 24, 2010 06:53PM - Stop Blaming Technology for
Your Failings
June 11, 2010 06:22PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Good piece. Gladwell
confused me with his article.
He seemed
to be saying that
ne…”
October 12, 2010 06:15PM - “I'm curious how the
government would react if this
principle
were turned back
on…”
August 26, 2010 07:57PM - “I'm reading that
Afghanistan could be the
"Saudi Arabia of
lithium."
I…”
June 14, 2010 06:31PM - “The NYT article in
question was hardly
"breathless" in its
reporting.
T…”
June 14, 2010 06:07PM - “There's only one way to
tame television's effect on
the
viewing public's legal
un…”
June 03, 2010 03:52PM
Matthew Van Natta's Links
Bruce Sterling on Wikileaks
… Read full post »Wikileaks is a manifestation of something that has been
The Coming Facebook Alternative
Facebook has 500 million active users. If it were a
… Read full post »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 »
Trash Bin Cat and Internet Mobs
A woman drops a cat into a trash bin.
… Read full post »Stop Blaming Technology for Your Failings
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 »
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