Subject: Caught in the Net

 





  
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Caught in the Net


The man who coined the term "cyberspace", science fiction writer and futurist 
William Gibson, discusses the new cyber-reality and where the human race might 
be headed next. 

*       William Gibson is an award-winning science fiction writer, and the 
author of Zero History.

Join the discussion on The Inside Agenda blog ยป William Gibson: What you should 
read and how you should read it 
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And: internet guru and author Tim Wu, the man responsible for the term "net 
neutrality", discusses the rise and fall of the 20th century's leading 
information empires. 

*       Tim Wu is a professor at Columbia Law School, and author of The Master 
Switch.

Then: Is the internet robbing Canadians of a sense of popular culture? In the 
global digital age, does our Canadian identity and sovereignty get lost in the 
shuffle? 

*       Kate Taylor is a columnist with The Globe and Mail, and during her 
Atkinson Fellowship spent the past year researching the future of Canadian 
culture in a global and digital age.

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