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And it does seem much more in depth than Andrew Keen's book, released a couple of years later, and which has some overlap in the subjects covered. This is just from the contents page: I could be wrong (though I have read CULT OF THE AMATEUR several times).
Unlike actual law,Internet software has no capacity to punish.Itdoesn’t affect people who aren’t online (and only a tiny minorityof the world population is).And if you don’t like the Internet’ssystem,you can always flip off the modem.
I'm a Lessig fan too. The Internet reveals many of the injustices/inequities in the legal system, and in our moral lives. I think the percentage is 20%. Can't give absolute numbers.
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And it does seem much more in depth than Andrew Keen's book, released a couple of years later, and which has some overlap in the subjects covered. This is just from the contents page: I could be wrong (though I have read CULT OF THE AMATEUR several times).
Unlike actual law,Internet software has no capacity to punish.Itdoesn’t affect people who aren’t online (and only a tiny minorityof the world population is).And if you don’t like the Internet’ssystem,you can always flip off the modem.
Oh, it was Pogue who said this quote. I have great respect for Pogue who I knew from my early Macworld-reading days (circa 1993-1994).
I'm a Lessig fan too. The Internet reveals many of the injustices/inequities in the legal system, and in our moral lives. I think the percentage is 20%. Can't give absolute numbers.