The State of Assange

The State of Assange

On the legacy of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, subject of a new film, The Fifth Estate. He has fallen so far in reputation and fortune that we’re in danger of forgetting how much he did to change the way we think about technology and government. He is “both a prophet and a warning: If his work has proved the dangers of trusting too much, then his life has demonstrated the impossibility of living without any trust at all”