Cyberselfish

Name: Cyberselfish
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Pauline Borsook
ISBN: 9780375418495

Author: Pauline Borsook

Narrator: Paula Parker

Abridged: 10 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Random House Audio

Published: 05/29/2001

Categories: Nonfiction, Technology & Engineering, Social Aspects, Business & Economics, Political Science, Public Policy

Synopsis

From one of the most controversial personalities in the high-tech world comes this rare critique of the narcissism, ignorance and anti-communitarianism of the digital elite and their culture. Until now, the lofty pronouncements of the high-tech gurus and society's obsession with them have seldom been questioned. Sub-titled 'A Critical Romp Through the Terribly Libertarian World of High-Tech', CYBERSELFISH sets the record straight, examining such issues as the glaring lack of philanthropy among high-tech companies; the anti-liberal arts bias, which dismisses most art and literature created before the computer revolution; and the culture's misogyny. Forthright, informed and thought-provoking, CYBERSELFISH is a fascinating look at the byways and sliproads of the information superhighway.

About The Author

Pauline Borsook is an author, journalist, and former writer for Wired, where she gained a reputation as their "only regular feminist/humanist/luddite/skeptic contributor."

Reviews

Goodreads review by grundoon

I suppose you're going to either really enjoy this, or grudgingly acknowledge that she's at least a competent writer, depending on your own views. Which is pretty much the entire point. I've been in tech some way or another for going on three decades, and have quite a few libertarian (lower case int......more

Goodreads review by Eamonn

The chapter on wired is laser focused, incisive, and still feels fresh. Shame that the rest fails to live up to that standard. It has a tendency to pick up an intriguing thread, examine it for a paragraph, then let it go without chasing it down. What could be a damning indictment reads like shallow......more

Goodreads review by Linda

This book is well written, and it is aged extremely well. I’m giving it five stars because it’s one of the most succinct encapsulations of the culture driving so many forces in the world now. It’s important and it’s essential that we understand it more deeply.......more