This interview with Julian Assange, creator in 2006 of Wikileaks. It was made by Paulo Lima and was published at Trip magazine at 16/05/2011. This is a summary. The title is above.
Paulo: What is the real historical effect of Wikileaks?
Julian: We advocate a simple concept, but abstract. The truth is the only ingredient really useful in the time to take decisions, so, to bring as much of real information as we can to the surface is the right way to decide things.
Paulo: And inside this philosophy, if all goes according you imagine, what comes next?
Julian: We want a fairer world, justice is a very strong feeling in the human beings. How the power should be administered and delegated.
Paulo: You are optimistic when you think in the future?
Julian: I think the politicization of the youth connected to internet, the most significant thing that happened in the world since the 1960s, this is something new, a real revolution.
Paulo: If the leaks and the transparency to continue indefinitely, you think that the world runs the risk of becoming a kind of big brother?
Julian: Transparency is for governments and for big organizations. Privacy is for individuals. The work of my life have been to protect the citizens against abuses.
