After the last series of books, which I found to be truly interesting and relevant, I am fairly disappointed so far in The Social Life of Information. I agree with the basic premise, which in simpleton terms seems to be that technology needs to be considered in the grand scope of human social interaction, because there are values inherent in human interaction that can't be translated into data and networks etc. But gosh, this is not a captivating piece of literature. In terms of ease of reading, I'm finding it only slightly better than Thomas Kuhn. Also, an entire chapter dedicated to Bots? I guess I just don't see this as a major concern among some of the more pressing issues raised by Lawrence Lessig or Jessica Litman.
In addition, I am experiencing another technical frustration. I can no longer join the online chats for class. Somehow my Java must have gone crazy, and no matter how many times I uninstall and re-download, I can't get the online office hours to work. On my growing list of things to do...
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