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The Master Switch
- The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor
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A secret history of the industrial wars behind the rise and fall of the 20th century's great information empires - Hollywood, the broadcast networks, and AT&T - asking one big question: Could history repeat itself, with one giant entity taking control of American information?
Most consider the Internet Age to be a moment of unprecedented freedom in communications and culture. But as Tim Wu shows, each major new medium, from telephone to cable, arrived on a similar wave of idealistic optimism only to become, eventually, the object of industrial consolidation profoundly affecting how Americans communicate. Every once-free and open technology was in time centralized and closed, a huge corporate power taking control of the master switch. Today, as a similar struggle looms over the Internet, increasingly the pipeline of all other media, the stakes have never been higher. To be decided: who gets heard, and what kind of country we live in. Part industrial exposé, part meditation on the nature of freedom of expression, part battle cry to save the Internet's best features, The Master Switch brings to light a crucial drama rife with indelible characters and stories, heretofore played out over decades in the shadows of our national life.
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- Illusions of a Borderless World
- De: Jack Goldsmith, Tim Wu
- Narrado por: Bob Loza
- Duración: 6 h y 24 m
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Is the Internet erasing national borders? Who's really in control of what's happening on the Net--Internet engineers, rogue programmers, the United Nations, or powerful countries?In this provocative new book, Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu tell the fascinating story of the Internet's challenge to governmental rule in the 1990s, and the ensuing battles with governments around the world.
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Mostly delves into questions of law
- De Amazon Customer en 05-07-11
De: Jack Goldsmith, y otros
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The Attention Merchants
- The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
- De: Tim Wu
- Narrado por: Marc Cashman
- Duración: 15 h y 26 m
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In nearly every moment of our waking lives, we face a barrage of advertising enticements, branding efforts, sponsored social media, commercials, and other efforts to harvest our attention. Over the last century, few times or spaces have remained uncultivated by the "attention merchants", contributing to the distracted, unfocused tenor of our times. Tim Wu argues that this is not simply the byproduct of recent inventions, but the end result of more than a century's growth and expansion in the industries that feed on human attention.
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It's Been Sold
- De Mr. Ess en 10-24-16
De: Tim Wu
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The Curse of Bigness
- Antitrust in the New Gilded Age (Columbia Global Reports)
- De: Tim Wu
- Narrado por: Marc Cashman
- Duración: 4 h y 12 m
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We live in an age of extreme corporate concentration, in which global industries are controlled by just a few giant firms - big banks, big pharma, and big tech, just to name a few. But concern over what Louis Brandeis called the "curse of bigness" can no longer remain the province of specialist lawyers and economists, for it has spilled over into policy and politics, even threatening democracy itself.
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Interesting and informative
- De Lily Silvester Wood en 01-02-19
De: Tim Wu
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Where Wizards Stay Up Late
- The Origins of the Internet
- De: Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon
- Narrado por: Mark Douglas Nelson
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
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Twenty-five years ago, it didn't exist. Today, 20 million people worldwide are surfing the Net. Where Wizards Stay Up Late is the exciting story of the pioneers responsible for creating the most talked about, most influential, and most far-reaching communications breakthrough since the invention of the telephone. In the 1960s, when computers where regarded as mere giant calculators, J.C.R. Licklider at MIT saw them as the ultimate communications devices.
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Absolutely fascinating and we'll researched
- De Elsa Braun en 10-01-16
De: Katie Hafner, y otros
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How Infrastructure Works
- Inside the Systems That Shape Our World
- De: Deb Chachra
- Narrado por: Kathe Mazur
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
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A soaring bridge is an obvious infrastructural feat, but so are the mostly hidden reservoirs, transformers, sewers, cables, and pipes that deliver water, energy, and information to wherever we need it. When these systems work well, they hide in plain sight. Engineer and materials scientist Deb Chachra takes listeners on a fascinating tour of these essential utilities, revealing how they work, what it takes to keep them running, just how much we rely on them—but also whom they work well for, and who pays the costs.
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Intelligent and Thoughtful
- De Thomas Taylor en 11-28-23
De: Deb Chachra
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The Information
- A History, a Theory, a Flood
- De: James Gleick
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 16 h y 37 m
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James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, now brings us a work just as astonishing and masterly: A revelatory chronicle and meditation that shows how information has become the modern era’s defining quality - the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world. The story of information begins in a time profoundly unlike our own, when every thought and utterance vanishes as soon as it is born.
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Brilliant book, heroic reader, better in print?
- De A reader en 03-12-11
De: James Gleick
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Who Controls the Internet
- Illusions of a Borderless World
- De: Jack Goldsmith, Tim Wu
- Narrado por: Bob Loza
- Duración: 6 h y 24 m
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Is the Internet erasing national borders? Who's really in control of what's happening on the Net--Internet engineers, rogue programmers, the United Nations, or powerful countries?In this provocative new book, Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu tell the fascinating story of the Internet's challenge to governmental rule in the 1990s, and the ensuing battles with governments around the world.
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Mostly delves into questions of law
- De Amazon Customer en 05-07-11
De: Jack Goldsmith, y otros
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The Battle for God
- A History of Fundamentalism
- De: Karen Armstrong
- Narrado por: Lisa Armytage, Karen Armstrong
- Duración: 22 h y 9 m
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In the late 20th century, fundamentalism has emerged as one of the most powerful forces at work in the world, contesting the dominance of modern secular values and threatening peace and harmony around the globe. Yet it remains incomprehensible to a large number of people. In The Battle for God, Karen Armstrong brilliantly and sympathetically shows us how and why fundamentalist groups came into existence and what they yearn to accomplish.
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The most important book you haven’t read yet
- De D. A. Vail en 12-29-20
De: Karen Armstrong
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Excellent Advice for Living
- Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
- De: Kevin Kelly
- Narrado por: Philip Hernandez
- Duración: 1 h y 34 m
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On his 68th birthday, Kevin Kelly began to write down for his young adult children some things he had learned about life that he wished he had known earlier. To his surprise, Kelly had more to say than he thought, and kept adding to the advice over the years, compiling a life’s wisdom into this book. Kelly’s timeless advice covers an astonishing range, from right living to setting ambitious goals, optimizing generosity, and cultivating compassion. He has wisdom for career, relationships, parenting, and finances, and gives guidance for practical matters ranging from travel to troubleshooting.
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Don’t buy it
- De Ben A. en 05-02-23
De: Kevin Kelly
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The Grid
- The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
- De: Gretchen Bakke
- Narrado por: Emily Caudwell
- Duración: 11 h y 8 m
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The grid is an accident of history and of culture, in no way intrinsic to how we produce, deliver and consume electrical power. Yet this is the system the United States ended up with, a jerry-built structure now so rickety and near collapse that a strong wind or a hot day can bring it to a grinding halt. The grid is now under threat from a new source: renewable and variable energy, which puts stress on its logics as much as its components.
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A disappointment
- De Ronald en 09-24-16
De: Gretchen Bakke
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Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
- 25th Anniversary Edition
- De: Steven Levy
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 20 h y 23 m
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Steven Levy's classic book traces the exploits of the computer revolution's original hackers - those brilliant and eccentric nerds from the late 1950s through the early '80s who took risks, bent the rules, and pushed the world in a radical new direction. With updated material from noteworthy hackers such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Stallman, and Steve Wozniak, Hackers is a fascinating story that begins in early computer research labs and leads to the first home computers.
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Remember Why You Got Into Computing
- De Dan Collins en 07-01-16
De: Steven Levy
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Complexity
- The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
- De: M. Mitchell Waldrop
- Narrado por: Mikael Naramore
- Duración: 17 h y 8 m
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In a rarified world of scientific research, a revolution has been brewing. Its activists are not anarchists, but rather Nobel Laureates in physics and economics and pony-tailed graduates, mathematicians, and computer scientists from all over the world. They have formed an iconoclastic think-tank and their radical idea is to create a new science: complexity. They want to know how a primordial soup of simple molecules managed to turn itself into the first living cell--and what the origin of life some four billion years ago can tell us about the process of technological innovation today.
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You won't learn anything you didn't know
- De Dennis E. Alwine en 12-26-20
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Chaos
- Making a New Science
- De: James Gleick
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
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James Gleick explains the theories behind the fascinating new science called chaos. Alongside relativity and quantum mechanics, it is being hailed as the 20th century's third revolution.
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Best AudioBook on Math/Physics yet
- De Ryanman en 03-02-11
De: James Gleick
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The Innovators
- How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Duración: 17 h y 28 m
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Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens. What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail?
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A History of the Ancient Geeks
- De Mark en 10-21-14
De: Walter Isaacson
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The Outsiders
- Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
- De: William N. Thorndike
- Narrado por: Brian Troxell
- Duración: 5 h y 52 m
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In The Outsiders, you'll learn the traits and methods striking for their consistency and relentless rationality that helped these unique leaders achieve such exceptional performance. Humble, unassuming, and often frugal, these "outsiders" shunned Wall Street and the press, and shied away from the hottest new management trends. Instead, they shared specific traits that put them and the companies they led on winning trajectories: a laser-sharp focus on per share value as opposed to earnings or sales growth; an exceptional talent for allocating capital and human resources; and the belief that cash flow, not reported earnings, determines a company's long-term value.
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Great summary of the 8 CEOs, lessons to learn from
- De Jason S en 09-04-19
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The Alignment Problem
- Machine Learning and Human Values
- De: Brian Christian
- Narrado por: Brian Christian
- Duración: 13 h y 33 m
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Today's "machine-learning" systems, trained by data, are so effective that we've invited them to see and hear for us - and to make decisions on our behalf. But alarm bells are ringing. Systems cull résumés until, years later, we discover that they have inherent gender biases. Algorithms decide bail and parole - and appear to assess black and white defendants differently. We can no longer assume that our mortgage application, or even our medical tests, will be seen by human eyes. And autonomous vehicles on our streets can injure or kill.
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Required reading for any AI course
- De ehan ferguson en 11-16-20
De: Brian Christian
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How the World Ran Out of Everything
- Inside the Global Supply Chain
- De: Peter S. Goodman
- Narrado por: Michael David Axtell
- Duración: 12 h y 18 m
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In How the World Ran Out of Everything, award-winning journalist Peter S. Goodman reveals the fascinating innerworkings of our supply chain and the factors that have led to its constant, dangerous vulnerability. His reporting takes listeners deep into the elaborate system, showcasing the triumphs and struggles of the human players who operate it—from factories in Asia and an almond grower in Northern California, to a group of striking railroad workers in Texas, to a truck driver who Goodman accompanies across hundreds of miles of the Great Plains.
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Well Researched .
- De Venkatesh Srambikal en 08-11-24
De: Peter S. Goodman
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
- De: Hannah Arendt
- Narrado por: Nadia May
- Duración: 23 h y 23 m
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This classic, definitive account of totalitarianism traces the emergence of modern racism as an "ideological weapon for imperialism", beginning with the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe in the 19th century and continuing through the New Imperialism period from 1884 to World War I.
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Vast and intricate analysis of horror
- De Roger en 08-04-08
De: Hannah Arendt
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Chip War
- The Quest to Dominate the World's Most Critical Technology
- De: Chris Miller
- Narrado por: Stephen Graybill
- Duración: 12 h y 38 m
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You may be surprised to learn that microchips are the new oil—the scarce resource on which the modern world depends. Today, military, economic, and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of computer chips. Virtually everything—from missiles to microwaves—runs on chips, including cars, smartphones, the stock market, even the electric grid. Until recently, America designed and built the fastest chips and maintained its lead as the #1 superpower, but America’s edge is in danger of slipping, undermined by players in Taiwan, Korea, and Europe taking over manufacturing.
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Great history, but could poor narration
- De Lily Wong en 10-26-22
De: Chris Miller
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Master Switch
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- Rissa
- 04-27-13
Informative Story!
I never knew (but honestly not surprised) by all the events discussed in the book. This book takes you beyond the history books into what really happened as our culture entered the information age.
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- 03-11-15
This was one of the best books ever.
Thought it would be boring and the cover is sort of ugly. But if you want scholarly insight into why people think their telecom/cable service is such a hot mess and if you wanna peek into all the power plays behind the scenes in the telecom/tech world you gotta listen to this book.
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- 03-30-19
Continue Growing.
Very well done now anyone we need to get together with many writers or historians & place those findings from history with many people on topics from any period of time in every book.
Evolution where one goes we all go.
Overcome , resistance & victory.
Peace , love & joy.
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- Steve
- 10-03-11
Must listen for anyone in technology or media
Where does The Master Switch rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Master Switch is a modern history book about the rise and fall of information and the technology (and people) that facilitated it. As a technologist I find it to be a required listen for anyone interested in technology and media with the hope that there are many lessons to learn.
What did you like best about this story?
How Tim Wu takes the listener on a tour of the history of information technology and the communication empires that it spawned such as telephone, radio, television and now those that evolved from the internet and mobile spaces.
Which character – as performed by Marc Vietor – was your favorite?
The depiction of Edison and David Sarnoff were quite interesting. However, it wasn't specifically due to Marc's narration.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
The book is too dense to listen in one sitting. I found that I would listen to passages and then reflect on them later. There were a few chapters that I listened to more than once.
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- Gary
- 05-27-12
Good history, good current state
Compelling history of information companies and what the current state looks like and what will happen in the future based on history. He covers the history so well I'll never listen to a another history on this topic again.
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- 07-14-16
Fantastic book, very well presented
Highly recommend for people with an interest in media history and the convergence of media, information, technology and the Internet. Much of the history covered isn't the boilerplate facts and figures many recite, but rather a detailed look at why things evolved the way they did, which many likely don't know. I learned more than I expected, which is great. And it raises issues about the the future of the Internet that need more awareness. I expected this book to possibly go off the rails getting hung up in net neutrality dogma, but it was anything but that. Tim Wu does a great job of not only being pragmatic but doing it in such a way where you realize just how much push and pull has happened to get us where we are now and what's at stake moving forward.
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- 03-13-16
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“The Master Switch” will flip some listeners off and some on.
Tim Wu writes about man’s drive to acquire a master switch that controls how the public receives information. The first section of the book sets a table for understanding 21st century communication technology. Wu doggedly recounts a history of the communication industry. It may turn some listeners off but stick with it, Wu has something to say.
Ignorance of communication technology is everywhere. Consumers are more interested in what they can get than what they can change. Consumers have no interest in understanding the ones and zeros of programming. The general public would rather let someone else make product decisions and vote with their pocketbook when they are dissatisfied. The public does understand technology and could care less. “Show me the product and what it can do” and “Show me the money” are mankind’s arbiters of who gets the “Master Switch”.
Wu opens one’s mind but fails to come up with a plan that will change the internet’s trajectory.
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- Neil
- 10-24-11
Very interesting history, biased conclusions
I've never heard of Tim Wu before reading this, but he really knows his stuff as far as media/technology history goes. The best parts of this book were examining this history of prior "cutting edge" media (Telephony, Radio, Television) through the eyes of what we'd now call the "Open Source" vs. "Closed System" dynamic. Fascinating and informative. I found I couldn't put it down.
HOWEVER -- the last hour turns into a very biased analysis of what's going on today.
I take his larger point -- that the Internet's open-ended structure which we tend to think of as permanent is not, in fact, unassailable. I think it's a well-supported point and he makes some interesting conjectures as to how that structure could change.
But I feel he makes a serious error in his analysis.
Specifically, he reduces "fate of the communications future" to a simple dynamic: Apple vs Google, with his preference clearly falling on Team Google. I think this a fairly short-sighted, narrow interpretation. Unlike the Bell of RCA companies of yesteryear, *neither* company owns anything that could not be replaced through a process of consumer demand. (Neither owns the "wires") Apple is not the "too big to fail" monopoly that Bell was -- it just plays nicely with the companies that are. So while these two companies clearly have different ideologies vis-a-vis the internet, BOTH could be undone by a vertically integrated powerhouse!
Further, as another reviewer points out, it assumes an American dominance of the communications future. And, like it or not, the Internet has wrested that ability from any one nation. Let's assume that "Comcast-NBC-Verizon-Apple-Intel-Universal" (Hypothetical Conglomerate) were to make the internet "controlled" in the USA. This would be such an economic disadvantage the the US, that new pioneer firms would pop up in more free information markets. This will always serve as a disincentive towards central control.
My griping aside -- I can heartily recommend this book. Take some of the analyses with a grain of salt and make up your own mind -- but don't skip this book simply because it draws some dodgy conclusions. You'll learn a lot and it will make you think.
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- Dennis
- 02-14-12
Opened my eyes
If you could sum up The Master Switch in three words, what would they be?
Abuse, abject stupidity.
What did you like best about this story?
Brilliant description of how technology and the human mind combine to bring human kind leaping into the future. A history of brilliance, blind stupidity and government control. The history line is brilliant and I am grateful for the book.
Which character – as performed by Marc Vietor – was your favorite?
Alexander Bell
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Phone call to my lover.
Any additional comments?
This is the kind of book that will change the minds and hearts of thinking freedom loving people. If we know who the enemy is, there is a chance to win.
Eastman Kodak declared bankruptcy last week and this week announced they will no long manufacturer digital cameras.
The story of hard work and success, blind ambition, blind stupid ambition, failure to see
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- Paul
- 01-28-11
Awesome!
Really dug this. Really makes you scared about cult companies like Apple. Read this if you're at all interested in technology, entertainment, communications, or just the future.
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