Adam Thierer on Digital Evolution

Since the Net’s dial-up
days, social critics have lined up to tell us about the supposed
dark side of digital technologies. For just as long, a different
group of pundits has suggested the exact opposite: that digital
technology will revolutionize the economy and society for the
better. Clive Thompson has a foot firmly planted in the optimist
camp, Adam Thierer reports, but his new book, Smarter Than You
Think, stakes out a reasoned middle-ground position.

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