tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083673.post4493523437851326271..comments2023-10-28T03:07:12.758-07:00Comments on Mirror On America: Book Review: Rebooting AmericaBrian http://www.blogger.com/profile/07872444863142531165noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083673.post-53918610962159467302008-11-23T14:28:00.000-08:002008-11-23T14:28:00.000-08:00Hello ChrisThanks for your comment. Strangely enou...Hello Chris<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment. Strangely enough what you just said was in the back of my mind as I was writing my review of the book but couldn't quite articulate. The overall tone of the book towards Internet and democracy was overwhelmingly positive. I would have loved to have read more dissenting and contrarian perspectives to round it up.redantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15608670655422465211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083673.post-12878065439526351122008-11-23T12:53:00.000-08:002008-11-23T12:53:00.000-08:00We are becoming a disconnected society as we've be...We are becoming a disconnected society as we've become connected with the Net and technology. I was on a panel today where people spent more time Twittering than listening or engaging the real flesh and blood human inches from them. Malcolm Gladwell's latest book "Outliers" has this subtext of showing connections and advantages shaping us way outside our own little worlds. The Net is just another personal bubble sometimes, with this myth of interconnecting, interpersonal, community building...Christopher Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16981041389119024155noreply@blogger.com