I'm buying the book, based on your comment and the reviews on Amazon. Sounds like the area that fascinates me. After reading the negative review comments, I'm wondering if he really claims that there is an absolute definition of progress that can be logically defined. Thanks for the suggestion.
Are you saying that he argues that the printing press played a major role in democratization? That seems quite true, first taking power from Rome, then the divine rights of kings, etc. Nick > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 8:16 PM > To: Brin-L > Subject: RE: balancing civil liberties and security. > > > It is little wonder to me, > > thus, that spiritual communities are deeply critical of the media today. > > And for what it's worth, I believe that over time, the Internet > will affect > > these oligopolies as printing affected the Church of Rome's monopolies, > > decreasing their power tremendously. > > > In "NonZero" Robert Wright makes much the same arguement about > the effect of the printing press on democritization. >
