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The question over whether the Net is good or bad for us fills the airwaves and the blogosphere. But also for all the heat of say and counter-claim, the discussion is essentially next to the point: It's here; it's all over. The real question is, do we escort technology, or do we let ourselves be directed by it and the ones who have perfected it? "Choose the former," writes Rushkoff, "and you gain usage of the control panel of civilization. Choose the latter, and maybe it's the previous real choice you can make." In 10 chapters, made up of 10 "commands", Rushkoff provides cyber buffs and technophobes equally with the guidelines to understand this new world. In this spirited, accessible poetics of new multimedia, Rushkoff picks up where Marshall McLuhan left off, assisting listeners to recognize coding as the new literacy of the digital get older - so that a template through which to see beyond sociable conventions and vitality structures which may have vexed us for centuries. This is an agreeable little audiobook with a major and actionable subject matter.
