Archive for January, 2006
Reflections on contemporary International Relations
On "The End of History"
In his article "The End of History," written on the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Francis Fukuyama declares an "unabashed victory of economic and political liberalism" and that the "total exhaustion of viable systematic alternatives to Western liberalism" spell the "end of history." That is, we have arrived [...]
A personal introduction to Digial Rights Management (DRM)
Given the unorthodox style in which I’ve lived the last 4 years of my life–forsaking a lucrative and stable job stateside in favor of pursuing entrepreneurial and educational opportunities (with varying degrees of success) abroad, specifically in Latin America–I’ve felt a bit more freedom than I otherwise would have to spend most of my computing [...]