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Frank Meeuwsen

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August 7th, 12:16pm 0 comments

Geef het volk brood en spelen

Dat is de gedachte die ik krijg bij het commentaar van Jeff Jarvis op de recensie van Farhad Manjoo op Clay Shirky's Cognitive Surplus

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So the next necessary question to such a critic needs to be: Yeah, and…? What is it you expect we should do then? The only logical answer in this context is that Manjoo wants people to keep watching TV in case they would otherwise do bad things (and he gets to define bad). So whether he knows it or not, he becomes Big Brother and TV is the opiate of his masses. Put down that remote control, now. Back away from the mouse. Just sit and watch media. That’s what it’s there for. Hush now.

Bad things could happen

Farhad Manjoo New York Times review of Clay Shirky’s Cognitive Surplus relies on the argument I hear a lot in privacy circles: Bad things could happen.

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