Book Review: Blown to Bits by Abelson, Ledeen, & Lewis

Book Review: Blown to Bits by Abelson, Ledeen, & Lewis
Technology Liberation Front — I’ve just finished reading Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion, by Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, and Harry Lewis, and it’s another title worth adding to your tech policy reading list. The authors survey a broad swath of tech policy territory — privacy, search, encryption, free speech, copyright, spectrum policy — and provide the reader with a wonderful history and technology primer on each topic. I like the approach and tone they use throughout the book. It is certainly something more than “Internet Policy for Dummies.” It’s more like ...

Book Review: Blown to Bits by Abelson, Ledeen, & Lewis
The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog — I've just finished reading Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion, by Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, and Harry Lewis, and it's another title worth adding to your tech policy reading list. The authors survey a broad swath of tech policy territory -- privacy, search, encryption, free speech, copyright, spectrum policy -- and provide the reader with a wonderful history and technology primer on each topic. I like the approach and tone they use throughout the book. It is certainly something more than "Internet Policy for Dummies." It's more like "Internet Policy for the Educated ...