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21 Jun 07

Gorman, redux: The Siren Song of the Internet. Many-to-Many:

  • Siren Song of the Internet contains a curious omission and a basic
    misunderstanding. The omission is part of his defense of the Luddites; the
    misunderstanding is about the value of paper and the nature of e-books.

Old Revolutions Good, New Revolutions Bad: A Response to Gorman. Many-to-Many:

  • Encyclopedia Britannica has started a Web 2.0
    Forum
    , where they are hosting a conversation going on around a set of posts
    by Michael Gorman. The first post, in two parts, is titled Web
    2.0: The Sleep of Reason Brings Forth Monsters
    , and is a defense of the
    print culture against alteration by digital technologies.
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