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An important book on an overlooked subject.
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An important book on an overlooked subject.
His best in a while, funny, darkly satiric and in the current world and quick jab in the eye. To realise just how small a scratch on society is needed to bring psychosis to the surface.
A wonderful story of family. He finally got to NASA and they did launch rockets. It is a moving story of a time on the verge of a great vision whilst also being mired in extremes of poverty and dispair. It takes a childs eyes and the hopes and visons of teachers to move the world forward and that is what this book is about.
Dark, compelling and eligic. It feels so strange to read these stories, that a world could be created from the psychosis of just a couple of people and could encompass a whole country. Fear of the state, or torture and of everyone else. At the end a personal hope, the wall collapsed and things should change but the files, shredded are only slowly being put back together. Many people will never find out what was held on file about them.
Just started. This and watching the Power Of Nightmares on BBC1 should prove enlightening to the psychology of the world.
An amazing book. Part memoir, part call to action. This is the first real look at the impact the online can have on the real world in such a large way. Yes online plays its part in lots of projects around the world, but this is the US presidential election and in its way affects us all.
Inspiring and frustrating (in its US focus, I keep imagining what will happen when people of the world decide they have had enough and want to take back their plant, rather than just the idea of Americans deciding to take back their country).
Excellent thesis, very good book. Remember to keep an eye on the supporting site at Oreilly, http://wethemedia.oreilly.com
A wild ride through a singularity. This and Ken MacLeod has re-invigorated my interest in SF fiction which has honestly been dormant for a while. Hell, the sigularity is approacing just read all the non-fiction out there.
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