[Gllug] DIGITAL MAOISM: The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism - Jaron Lanier

Chris Ebenezer chriseb at gmail.com
Wed May 31 08:49:08 UTC 2006


On 5/30/06, John G Walker <johngwalker at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> My opinion of the article is that it was written by someone who has
> typed a lot of words in order to disguise the fact he has nothing to
> say. But I'm willing to be convinced that I'm wrong if anyone can give
> me a one-sentence summary of his argument,

He's a cyber-libertarian (appears in various magazines, where his
dreadlocks are taken as a sign of being a 'radical turbonerd').

Summary: "Libertarianism good, markets good, collectivism baa-ad".

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0099422247

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