"You Are Not a Gadget"

Some reviews of "You Are Not a Gadget" the controversial "manifesto" by long-time Web guru and now critic of Web 2.0, Jaron Lanier:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/books/15book.html

http://www.slate.com/id/2239466/

http://tinyurl.com/yegcxqo




http://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Not-Gadget-Manifesto/dp/0307269647

Some reviews of "You Are Not a Gadget" the controversial "manifesto" by

Some Applied Science

An artificial nose (for sniffing explosives):

http://tinyurl.com/y8qzr77


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Clay Shirky on the Internet

"This shock of inclusion, where professional media gives way to participation by two billion amateurs (a threshold we will cross this year) means that average quality of public thought has collapsed; when anyone can say anything any time, how could it not? If all that happens from this influx of amateurs is the destruction of existing models for producing high-quality material, we would be at the

On With Twitter

An interesting take on "Twitter" from the NY Times here:

http://tinyurl.com/yz6luug

I imagine I agree with much said in the piece, though I still wonder if Twitter as we know it today won't have evolved into something totally different and barely recognizable within 5 years' time. If Twitter doesn't 'crash-and-burn' in the next couple years, then it is likely in the infancy of a long-life.
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Digital Technology and the Future

 


 


 

 "The internet devalues everything it touches" :
 
http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2009/12/deja_view_the_i.php


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Speaking of Benzene...

 

Incredibly, a molecular transistor has finally been achieved, involving benzene:


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http://www.labspaces.net/101302/Scientists_create_world_s_first_molecular_transistor

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'Ringtones' For Cars...

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More On Cell Phones and Cancer

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147 MPG in the City; 52 MPG on Highway

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