Count Folke Bernadotte, a Swedish aristocrat, is the sole non-German figure that saved thousands during WWII through direct negotiation with the Nazis. He subsequently was the first U.N security counselor appointed to negotiate peace in Palestine, and the first official victim of the terrorist group Lehi. History has failed to remember him. Why?

Many academics have strongly criticised the information economy as a structure bringing about the commoditization of all humane life through a profound instrumental use of mass culture that negates and degrades the 'true' initial notion of culture. Others, view this change as one offering numerous opportunities such as the democratization of intellectual life, an empowerment of labour forces, new forms of communications and commonality. The aim of this dissertation is to assess the actual effects and implications of this paradigm shift.

New York Magazine - Vulture - December 2014 issue