The Master Switch
Book description
The Internet Age: on the face of it, an era of unprecedented freedom in both communication and culture. Yet in the past, each major new medium, from telephone to satellite television, has crested on a wave of similar idealistic optimism, before succumbing to the inevitable undertow of industrial consolidation. Every…
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Columbia Law Professor and recently departed White House advisor Tim Wu looks at the evolution of the information industry.
While written in 2011, Master Switch describes the technological and corporate developments that have brought us to today’s information age and all its corporate and civil challenges. I love the historical stories he uses and how they are really not that different from contemporary developments.
From Tom's list on today’s roadmap to tomorrow.
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