Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob
by Lee Siegel
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Author: Lee SiegelEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-22
ISBN: 0385522657
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
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Book Review: Disappointing
Summary: 1 Stars
I hoped for a stimulating read. Instead I found an argument that seemed to me unbelievably loosely formulated, shoddy, and inconsistent. It's just one long grump. It also seems to me discourteous towards many of the people cited. Siegel seems to doubt the sincerity of many commentators. His treatment of Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point is a travesty. Gladwell's book is lucid, entertaining, carefully and rationally structured: Against The Machine is none of these.
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