This is from about a year ago. Wu’s book The Master Switch is long but a great history of the evolution of communications networks and their trend towards consolidation. http://player.ooyala.com/iframe.js#pbid=dcc84e41db014454b08662a766057e2b&ec=Nucnc3NToJPWkvWsbvSjWN-Y5GWP252R
Another great talk from Cory Doctorow on the nature of the Internet and its relationship to society. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWqx_1tDyqE?rel=0] You might also be interested in this recent interview between Tim Wu and Cory Doctorow hosted at Slate: [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/90987701″ width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]
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