the persistence of control

[pynchonoid]

>From cyberpunk's keyboard-jockey fairy tales, to Wired
magazine's rave-era libertarianism, through the dotcom
boom's fast-company frontier days, the concept of the
Internet as an essentially revolutionary space of
anti-authoritarian freedoms has remained a key
operative myth, serving the needs of start-up
hypesters, free-market globalists, and political
progressives alike. But NYU professor Alexander
Galloway believes that we should lay these
techno-utopian fantasies to rest. In fact, he argues
that at least some of our old notions need to be
turned upside down. His new book, Protocol: How
Control Exists After Decentralization (MIT), asserts
that, far from existing as a counter-hegemonic
free-for-all, "the Internet is the most highly
controlled mass media hitherto known." [...] 

...read it all:
Education Supplement: Spring 2004
by Ed Halter
This Is Freedom?
NYU prof Alexander Galloway unmasks the inner workings
of computer networks
April 12th, 2004 7:50 PM
<http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0415/halter.php>


	
		
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