by Peter Schurman | Mar 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
(This piece was also published on The Huffington Post.) Today’s Times has an exposé on the draft of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the latest international trade agreement under negotiation, based on a disclosure from Wikileaks. It highlights one of the scariest...
by Peter Schurman | Mar 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
I recently gave this talk at an event sponsored by the tech blog Pando. The overall event was called “Don’t Be Awful: Ideas for a Better Silicon Valley”, and featured a variety of speakers. The video runs about 28 minutes. Please consider donating to support...
by Peter Schurman | Mar 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Today’s New York Times features a report on the many uses of blockchain technology, which underlies Bitcoin, that go beyond financial transactions. This brings new public visibility to a point we’ve highlighted for some time. Though not mentioned by the...
by Peter Schurman | Feb 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
Roger Cohen argues today that the rise of ISIS and the threat it poses to the West stem from the failure of the Arab Spring to provide a more civil path to frustrated Arabs: “The rise of the Islamic State, and Obama’s new war, are a direct result of the failure...
by Peter Schurman | Nov 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
(A version of this article was published at The Huffington Post / The World Post on November 8th, 2014) The Berlin Wall fell 25 years ago this winter. People on both sides filled the streets in celebration, cheered on by virtually everyone around the world. For all...