> The latest developments around PRISM and the NSA dragnet operations uncovered by Edward Snowden, in my view, severely damage the fragile fabric of the new glo

> The latest developments around PRISM and the NSA dragnet operations uncovered by Edward Snowden, in my view, severely damage the fragile fabric of the new global ecosystem, which we so sorely rely on in order to collectively tackle truly urgent global issues such as energy, pollution, food, climate change, (cyber-)terrorism and inequality. This seems really central to me. A system that's corrupted by the use of mass surveillance will ultimately lead to bad/wrong policy decisions (decisions which favor a few ultra-rich people). And everybody knows the weight of the impact of US policy decisions on the rest of the world (= humanity).