With the holidays gearing up you're likely to have a little more free time than usual. Why not take some of that free time and soak in the argument put forth in The Hazards of Nerd Supremacy: The Case of Wikileaks. It's a long read but it tackles a pretty hefty subject; the mythos around Wikileaks and the throngs of nerds coming to its aid. Personally, I am torn on the whole Wikileaks topic so I find this quite compelling - it's just a lot of information to soak in. While it may be a bit dramatic, I do like his closing statement quite a bit:

A perfectly open world, without secrets, would be a world without the need for trust, and therefore a world without trust. What a sad sterile place that would be: A perfect world for machines.

While this certainly doesn't negate the need for a counter balance such as Wikileaks, it is a statement worthy of pondering. There are loads of gems such as that in the article.. assuming you take the time to take them in.

Jed summed it up for me quite well yesterday: "I'm not pro-wikileaks, but I'm definitely anti-anti-wikileaks."