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The Net Delusion: How Not to Liberate The World by Evgeny Morozov
Category: Business
Does free information mean free people? At the start of the twenty-first century we were promised that the internet would liberate the world. We could come together as never before, and from Iran's 'twitter revolution' to Facebook 'activism', technological innovation would spread democracy to oppressed ...Show more
The Net Delusion: How Not to Liberate the World by Evgeny Morozov
Category: History
"Offers a rare note of wisdom and common sense, on an issue overwhelmed by digital Utopians". (Malcolm Gladwell). We were promised that the internet would set us free. From the Middle East's 'twitter revolution' to Facebook activism, technology would spread democracy and bring us together as never befor ...Show more
The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom by Evgeny Morozov
Category: Reference
"The revolution will be Twittered!" declared journalist Andrew Sullivan after protests erupted in Iran in June 2009. Yet for all the talk about the democratizing power of the Internet, regimes in Iran and China are as stable and repressive as ever. In fact, authoritarian governments are effectively usin ...Show more
To Save Everything Click Here by Morozov Evgeny
Category: Business
Our society is at a crossroads. Smart technology is transforming our world, making many aspects of our lives more convenient, efficient and - in some cases - fun. Better and cheaper sensors can now be embedded in almost everything, and technologies can log the products we buy and the way we use them. Bu ...Show more
To Save Everything, Click Here - Technology, Solutionism, and the Urge to Fix Problems that Don't Exist by Evgeny Morozov
Category: Politics
Our gadgets are getting smarter. Technology can log what we buy, customize what we consume and enable us to save and share every aspect of our existence. In the future, we're told, it will even make public life - from how we're governed to how we record crime - better. But can the digital age fix everyt ...Show more
To Save Everything, Click Here : The Folly of Technological Solutionism by Evgeny Morozov
Category: Reference
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