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Old 06-29-2010, 02:51 PM   #43
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I don't know who Nick Carr is NOW. Or William Powers. Are they highly specialized writers? Or have they written anything recent and popular?
I had completely forgotten who they were again (even though I had dismissed them once.) Carr is one of those guys who writes about how the internet is the end of the world-- this is the thread where I dismissed him:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...highlight=carr

William Powers is another obscure luddite of the same ilk-- here's his thread:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...William+Powers

It looks that I didn't post in that thread-- don't remember if I ever commented on him at all.


A review of Carr's new book:

http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/13/no-...ke-you-stupid/
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