Comments on: Book Review: Nick Carr’s Big Switch http://techliberation.com/2008/10/30/book-review-nick-carrs-big-switch/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Book Review: Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky http://techliberation.com/2008/10/30/book-review-nick-carrs-big-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-69235 Book Review: Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:50:33 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=13480#comment-69235 <p>[...] addressing the “digital sharecropper” concern raised by Net pessimists like Keen and Nick Carr and notes that “Humans intrinsically value a sense of connectedness” and much of [...]</p> [...] addressing the “digital sharecropper” concern raised by Net pessimists like Keen and Nick Carr and notes that “Humans intrinsically value a sense of connectedness” and much of [...]

]]> By: Book Review: Nicholas Carr’s The Shallows http://techliberation.com/2008/10/30/book-review-nick-carrs-big-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-68322 Book Review: Nicholas Carr’s The Shallows Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:16:11 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=13480#comment-68322 <p>[...] the book is just so beautifully crafted that it commands your attention. As I pointed out in my review of his 2008 book, The Big Switch, Carr is a massively gifted wordsmith. He is up there in that [...]</p> [...] the book is just so beautifully crafted that it commands your attention. As I pointed out in my review of his 2008 book, The Big Switch, Carr is a massively gifted wordsmith. He is up there in that [...]

]]> By: The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog http://techliberation.com/2008/10/30/book-review-nick-carrs-big-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-67565 The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:36:46 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=13480#comment-67565 <p><strong>Kakutani 's Look at Internet Optimists & Pessimists...</strong></p> <p>Michiko Kakutani has a very interesting essay in the New York Times entitled, "Texts Without Contexts," which does a nice job running through the differences between Internet optimists and pessimists, a topic I've spent a great deal of time writing....</p> Kakutani ‘s Look at Internet Optimists & Pessimists…

Michiko Kakutani has a very interesting essay in the New York Times entitled, “Texts Without Contexts,” which does a nice job running through the differences between Internet optimists and pessimists, a topic I’ve spent a great deal of time writing….

]]> By: FCC’s Genachowski Promises He’s Not Out to Regulate Net, New Media « Internet Freedom Coalition http://techliberation.com/2008/10/30/book-review-nick-carrs-big-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-66831 FCC’s Genachowski Promises He’s Not Out to Regulate Net, New Media « Internet Freedom Coalition Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:03:57 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=13480#comment-66831 <p>[...] of the world. It’s similar to the “sharecropper” concern raised by Nick Carr in his book The Big Switch.Complaints like those will only grow in the years to come, and few will buy—or even pause to [...]</p> [...] of the world. It’s similar to the “sharecropper” concern raised by Nick Carr in his book The Big Switch.Complaints like those will only grow in the years to come, and few will buy—or even pause to [...]

]]> By: FCC’s Genachowski Promises He’s Not Out to Regulate Net, New Media http://techliberation.com/2008/10/30/book-review-nick-carrs-big-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-66494 FCC’s Genachowski Promises He’s Not Out to Regulate Net, New Media Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:17:11 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=13480#comment-66494 <p>[...] world. It’s similar to the “sharecropper” concern raised by Nick Carr in his book The Big Switch. Complaints like those will only grow in the years to come, and few will buy—or even pause to [...]</p> [...] world. It’s similar to the “sharecropper” concern raised by Nick Carr in his book The Big Switch. Complaints like those will only grow in the years to come, and few will buy—or even pause to [...]

]]> By: The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009 — Technology Liberation Front http://techliberation.com/2008/10/30/book-review-nick-carrs-big-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-64220 The 10 Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009 — Technology Liberation Front Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:37:47 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=13480#comment-64220 <p>[...] instead of the sort f hysteria and backlash we see from the likes of Andrew Keen, Lee Siegel and others.  It’s a refreshing and uplifting [...]</p> [...] instead of the sort f hysteria and backlash we see from the likes of Andrew Keen, Lee Siegel and others.  It’s a refreshing and uplifting [...]

]]> By: The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog http://techliberation.com/2008/10/30/book-review-nick-carrs-big-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-64020 The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:13:33 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=13480#comment-64020 <p><strong>review of Ken Auletta's Googled: The End of the World As We Know It...</strong></p> <p>I just finished Ken Auletta's latest book, Googled: The End of the World As We Know It, and I highly recommend it. Auletta is an amazingly gifted journalist and knows how put together a hell of good story. It helps......</p> review of Ken Auletta’s Googled: The End of the World As We Know It…

I just finished Ken Auletta’s latest book, Googled: The End of the World As We Know It, and I highly recommend it. Auletta is an amazingly gifted journalist and knows how put together a hell of good story. It helps……

]]> By: review of Ken Auletta’s Googled: The End of the World As We Know It — Technology Liberation Front http://techliberation.com/2008/10/30/book-review-nick-carrs-big-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-64016 review of Ken Auletta’s Googled: The End of the World As We Know It — Technology Liberation Front Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:43:24 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=13480#comment-64016 <p>[...] concern that Nick Carr has articulated in his book about cloud computing, The Big Switch. [reviewed here]  In the relentless pursuit of greater efficiencies, do digital disintermediators destroy the [...]</p> [...] concern that Nick Carr has articulated in his book about cloud computing, The Big Switch. [reviewed here]  In the relentless pursuit of greater efficiencies, do digital disintermediators destroy the [...]

]]> By: The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog http://techliberation.com/2008/10/30/book-review-nick-carrs-big-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-60856 The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:34:04 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=13480#comment-60856 <p><strong>Can Humans Cope with Information Overload? Tyler Cowen & John Freeman Join the Debate...</strong></p> <p>I recently finished Tyler Cowen's latest book, Create Your Own Economy: The Path to Prosperity in a Disordered World. Like everything he writes, this book is worth reading and it will be of interest to those who follow technology policy......</p> Can Humans Cope with Information Overload? Tyler Cowen & John Freeman Join the Debate…

I recently finished Tyler Cowen’s latest book, Create Your Own Economy: The Path to Prosperity in a Disordered World. Like everything he writes, this book is worth reading and it will be of interest to those who follow technology policy……

]]> By: The Most Important Tech Policy Books of 2008 | The Technology Liberation Front http://techliberation.com/2008/10/30/book-review-nick-carrs-big-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-57995 The Most Important Tech Policy Books of 2008 | The Technology Liberation Front Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:07:25 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=13480#comment-57995 <p>[...] You can find my complete review of Carr’s book here. [...]</p> [...] You can find my complete review of Carr’s book here. [...]

]]> By: Wikipedia = End of the Search for Truth, or Just a Beginning? | The Technology Liberation Front http://techliberation.com/2008/10/30/book-review-nick-carrs-big-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-57604 Wikipedia = End of the Search for Truth, or Just a Beginning? | The Technology Liberation Front Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:35:39 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=13480#comment-57604 <p>[...] problem with what Nick Carr is saying about Wikipedia here — as well as in his book The Big Switch – is that he always seems to assume that Wikipedia constitutes the totality of most searches [...]</p> [...] problem with what Nick Carr is saying about Wikipedia here — as well as in his book The Big Switch – is that he always seems to assume that Wikipedia constitutes the totality of most searches [...]

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