Fascinating book ...

[blamebrampton]

I really like the sound of the book discussed in this article, has anyone read it?

 

vashtan , I think you in particular would like it. An excerpt:

Lanier, who is a scholar-in residence at the University of California and a partner architect with Microsoft, also noticed a disturbing tendency among the champions of the internet's "open culture" to humiliate and attack those who had lost out in the online revolution - the musicians, artists, journalists and others.

These and a dozen other observations led Lanier to conclude that something had gone terribly wrong: that we had reached a point where the network was being exalted as far more important than any individual. It is a thesis he explores in his book You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto.

 

Comments

[potteresque_ire]

I browsed it very quickly (Trying to rush some editing. AHHHHH!!!). Look interesting indeed! I may try to find a copy in my school library.

My quick question is: did he write a whole thesis to explain how he ended up being a troll???? :DDDDDDDDDDD

Oops. My bitch is showing. *pulls down skirt and wiggles a bit*

*Huggles you like a sweet, warm pie*

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

More like how he and several million of his closest mates did ;-)

*Stands back and ogles*
*Leans into huggles*
*Mmmmmm, pie ...*