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Book Review: Nicholas Carr's Big Switch

Posted by: Stephen Baker on January 10

My review of Carr’s The Big Switch. Interesting book that spins out a vision of utility computing. He spends nearly half the book describing a similar shift a century ago, as electricity moved onto grids. I found that part fascinating. In the end, he sees humanity taking its place in this giant global brain, each one of us a sad and purposeful little neuron.

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