jm3 reviewed Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus by Douglas Rushkoff
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5 stars
This is less of a review and more of a note to self and future readers. If you want a summary of the plot, read the other reviews or the book description.
I loved this book. I do think it would benefit from a new title. It's tiresome when talking about it with friends to constantly re-explain that it's not really about Google, and it's not an Anti Google screed. But that's a pretty minor point.
This is a very high-entropy book, from an information perspective. Nearly every single sentence contains new / unique thoughts, to the point that any form of speed-reading, which I normally do, is difficult. You have to pretty much absorb each sentence as its own semantic unit. Which is, you know, reading, I guess :)
I felt that this had a lot of parallels to or resonance with Umair Haque's [book:Betterness: Economics for Humans|13274256] and …
This is less of a review and more of a note to self and future readers. If you want a summary of the plot, read the other reviews or the book description.
I loved this book. I do think it would benefit from a new title. It's tiresome when talking about it with friends to constantly re-explain that it's not really about Google, and it's not an Anti Google screed. But that's a pretty minor point.
This is a very high-entropy book, from an information perspective. Nearly every single sentence contains new / unique thoughts, to the point that any form of speed-reading, which I normally do, is difficult. You have to pretty much absorb each sentence as its own semantic unit. Which is, you know, reading, I guess :)
I felt that this had a lot of parallels to or resonance with Umair Haque's [book:Betterness: Economics for Humans|13274256] and [book:The New Capitalist Manifesto: Building a Disruptively Better Business|9317923]. I'm curious if Rushkoff read either of them. In my opinion, Rushkoff's book is more readable, more deeply researched, and a bit less preachy than Umair's. OTOH, I think Umair can be pretty inspirational too. Your mileage may vary.