The Web we have to save. Required reading. Pull quote: "Since I got out of jail, though, I’ve realized how much the hyperlink has been devalued, almost made obsolete." David Weinberger has a terrific follow-up. So does Zeynep Tufekci.

Bones of the Medici. Interesting. These people funded the Italian Renaissance and lived vivid and often scary lives. Example: The Pazzi Conspiracy.

Bringing Junípero Serra to Life. Serra created the California mission system, and hence California. And much else.

Time-release advice from a dead dad.

From Russell Means in 1980: "Marxism is as alien to my culture as capitalism."

Paul Mason's guide to a post-capitalist future. A pull-quote: "

Is there a space between monopoly and freedom that we could explore? I actually think there is. I’m not saying that everything must become free. I’m saying there must be multiple business models between monopoly and freedom."

Zuboff's Laws. It's all happening there. That's the context. In tech, what can be done will be done. Which is why ...

Windows 10 is spying on almost everything you do – here’s how to opt out. And, in response to that, here are T.Rob and Devon Loffreto.

Bonus link: Dark Google.

Mobile Ad Fraud Could Cost U.S. Advertisers $857 Million Yearly. And that's not counting the absence of demand for mobile ads by the humans receiving it.

Mobile LUMAscape. Where it's all happening. Bonus link from two years ago. Still applies.

What if targeting doesn't work? Good question. And yet...

Internet poised to be the biggest ad medium in 2016.

The Horrible Pain and Awesome Opportunity of Tech Blind Spots.

George Packer, Silicon Valley native, on home. Important reading. Here is his response to critics.

Dave:

Barack Obama: My plan for a free and open Internet.

The security flaw Google built in to Android.

Researchers claim they’ve developed a better, faster Tor.