Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Myths of the Information Age according to Robert Darnton

5 Myths About the 'Information Age' - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Confusion about the nature of the so-called information age has led to a state of collective false consciousness. It's no one's fault but everyone's problem, because in trying to get our bearings in cyberspace, we often get things wrong, and the misconceptions spread so rapidly that they go unchallenged. Taken together, they constitute a font of proverbial nonwisdom. Five stand out: