Shoshana Zuboff begins: > We witness the rise of a new absolute power. Google transfers its > radical politics from cyberspace to reality. It will earn its money > by knowing, manipulating, controlling the reality and cutting it > into the tiniest pieces.
The exaggerated claim of "absolute power" sets a tone of hysteria, making it hard to take the author seriously. > Recall those fabled frogs happy in the magic pond. Playful. > Distracted. The water temperature slowly rises, but the frogs don’t > notice. By the time it reaches the boiling point, it’s too late ... With this, I lose all confidence in the author. If Google is doing anything wrong, then (speaking for myself) I'll await a more sober report of it. carlo von lynX defends: > What does it mean, when a conservative mainstream media newspaper > sends such a dramatic message? You better should get started > thinking about it, if you haven't already. FAZ does not play on > alarmism, it sells newspapers for decades and doesn't need to go > cheap. At best, it means they goofed. Even an invasion from Mars wouldn't warrant such an hysterical intro. (Sorry to disagree.) -- Michael Allan Toronto, +1 416-699-9528 http://zelea.com/ -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
