*Update* Much Props to Sarah for posting this first. The Charlie Rose link is now working also*
I found this while bopping around the net today and thought some might find it interesting. Below is a link to an interview with Jonathan Zittrain from All Things Considered. He is an Oxford Law Professor (is that good enough for you Hanson?
) and author of “The Future of the Internet, and How to Stop it”.
I haven’t read the book yet, but the audio clip provides a nice overview of his main theme. I think he makes some interesting points but the one that really struck me was his suggestion that, although censorship may seem like a giant leap conceptually, it’s not a giant leap technologically. Zittrain isn’t a pessimist however, I really believe he is just concerned that people become more aware of the limitations of the devices we use. We’ve talked in the past about the real control of the internet belonging to those who control the bandwidth, this is just further expression of that idea. *He was also on Charlie Rose, the video runs about 30 minutes but is more in depth than his interview on ATC.*
Maury



After presencing Zittrain’s lecture at Berkman @10 conference, I think he’s actually concerned with the social contracts that govern the Internet and how that threatens or helps the space grow. It’s interesting to see that like Benkler (both lawyers) they seem really taken by the social order (or disorder) of the cyberspace, as well as the motivations that drive us to participate.
Anyway, good thing Maury posted this book (as well as Sarah). Clearly seems like a text we should explore.