...My heart's in AccraEthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international developmentThe Fallacy of Examples, and the problems of extrapolating from media- July 3, 2008 David Weinberger has an intriguing post up today about the &8220;Fallacy of Examples&8220;. He&8217;s reacting to a column from Nick Kristof in the New York Times titled &8220;The Luckiest Girl&8220;, which recounts the story of Beatrice Biira, a young woman from Uganda whose improbable journey through Connecticut College began with the donation of a goat ...http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/07/03/the-fallacy-of-examples-and-the-problems-of-... A goofy dance, a sweet lullaby- July 3, 2008 There&8217;s this guy, Matt Harding. He describes himself as &8220;a 31-year-old deadbeat from Connecticut who used to think that all he ever wanted to do in life was make and play videogames.&8221; After Matt got sick of his job making videogames in Brisbane, Australia, he started an extended global walkabout. And as he travelled the ...http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/07/03/a-goofy-dance-a-sweet-lullaby/ Polymeme: Architecting the way out of echo chambers- July 2, 2008 My friend Evgeny Morozov is one of the most insightful technology journalists working today, writing for The Economist, BusinessWeek and Le Monde. (That&8217;s what I think even on weeks where he hasn&8217;t written extremely kind things about my projects.) His blog, dominated by long lists of consistently interesting bookmarks, is one of my few daily ...http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/07/02/polymeme-architecting-the-way-out-of-echo-ch... |