—A sweeping look at our technological eras, and what our past eras tell us about the one we exist in today—
The Non-fiction Feature
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
Author: Tim Wu
Publisher: Vintage
Pages: 384| 2011
Yet for many people, the Internet’s structure was–indeed remains–deeply counterintuitive.
This is because it defies every expectation one has developed from experience of other media industries, which are all predicated on control of the customer…the Internet abdicates control to the individual; that is its special allure, its power to be endlessly surprising, as well as its founding principle.
The Memoir Spot
Alibaba – The House That Jack Ma Built
by Duncan Clark
“Everything I’d learned in China was that China was the richest country in the world,” Jack later said.
“When I arrived in Australia, I realized it was totally different. I started to think you have to use your own mind to judge, to think.”
The Product Spot
Internet History Podcast
A fun podcast about the history of the internet!