Ecuador will hand over Julian Assange to the UK
I&#x27;ve always considered this bit of writing from 2006 to be Assange&#x27;s (and Wikileaks&#x27;) central thesis:<p>----<p>&quot;The non linear effects of leaks on unjust systems of governance<p>[...]<p>The more secretive or unjust an organization is, the more leaks induce fear and paranoia in its leadership and planning coterie. This must result in minimization of efficient internal communications mechanisms (an increase in cognitive &quot;secrecy tax&quot;) and consequent system-wide cognitive decline resulting in decreased ability to hold onto power as the environment demands adaption.&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20071020051936id_&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;iq.org:80&#x2F;#Thenonlineareffectsofleaksonunjustsystemsofgovernance" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20071020051936id_&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;iq.org:...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cryptome.org&#x2F;0002&#x2F;ja-conspiracies.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cryptome.org&#x2F;0002&#x2F;ja-conspiracies.pdf</a><p>----<p>I still believe that this will bear out in the long-run, and <i>has</i> already begun to bear out in smaller-scale cases, but it is becoming apparent that in many cases this is like a &quot;the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent&quot; situation, and has really barely begun.<p>As for Assange personally, I still kinda believe in him, though I recognize that is on shakier ground than it may once have been.  After 8 uninterrupted years of however an honest and empathetic person might describe his conditions, I would not be surprised, nor would I particularly fault him for losing it a bit, and letting his personal situation (... being fucking <i>personally</i> targeted for destruction by an unfathomably powerful global-scale system of secretive injustice) compromise his personal pretence towards the objective neutrality on which his thesis&#x27;s large-scale fruition is predicated.