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We've comprehensively compiled reviews of The Master Switch from the world's leading experts.
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Andrew Chen General Partner/Andreessen HorowitzNow starting the section now these information empires eventually got dismantled, by the internet, cable, and the government antitrust efforts on the 1950s! Awesome book so far (Source)
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Seth Godin Author, Marketer, EntrepreneurThis one really stuck with me--a top level analysis of how changes in media change the culture and change the structure of industry. (Source)
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Nicholas Carr If The Information is a sprawling, sweeping story of how information has changed over time, one thing it doesn’t get into is the commercial nature of information as a good that is bought and sold. That’s the story Tim Wu tells in The Master Switch. His basic argument is that whenever a new communication medium arises, a similar pattern occurs. The technology starts off as a hobbyist’s passion, democratic and open. Then over time, as it becomes more popular, it starts to be dominated by corporate interests and becomes much more formalised, before eventually being displaced by a new technology. (Source)
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Timothy Garton Ash Tim Wu is an American ‘cyberlawyer’—a new category of human being—and a rather brilliant one. (Source)
Rankings by Category
The Master Switch is ranked in the following categories:
- #92 in Computer
- #95 in Futurism
- #28 in Information
- #61 in Information Technology
- #44 in Silicon Valley
- #49 in Tech
- #24 in Technology