Re: another review of Zittrain’s “Future of the Internet”

Seth Finkelstein — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:30:11 -0000

Again, JZ does not need me to defend him, but ... Yes, your critique is unfair. It's knocking down a strawman.

"Zittrain, however, implies that these devices are force-feeding the masses only those services or information that a handful of corporate overlords deem worthy of mass consumption."

"But what Zittrain does in The Future of the Internet is generalize his personal preferences to the whole of cyber-society. What’s good for the ivory-tower digerati may not be what the rest of us want or need."

Bah. That's just by-the-numbers Libertarian ranting, where one hits a certain number of sneers and knee-jerks.

This is not an endorsement of Zittrain's book, which I have my own thoughts about.

Re: another review of Zittrain’s “Future of the Internet”

binarybits — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:21:34 -0000

Good review. Personally, I think Patent Failure is the most important tech policy book of the year.

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