Join Micah L. Sifry for a reading and discussion of WikiLeaks and the Age of Transparency, the first book on the spectacular information leaks that stunned the world. - WikiLeaks & The New Information Age Details Welcome to the Age of Transparency. In his new book, Sifry sees WikiLeaks as a symptom of this—an indicator of an ongoing generational and philosophical struggle between older, closed systems, and the new open culture of the Internet. "What is new," he writes, "is our ability to connect, individually and together, with greater ease than at any time in human history. As a result, information is flowing more freely into the public arena, powered by seemingly unstoppable networks of people all over the world cooperating to share vital data and prevent its suppression."
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