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Last night I read a pretty detailed review<\/a> of Jeff Jarvis’ latest book Private Parts by Evgeny Morozov. To call it a “shellshacking” would be an understament…<\/p>\n

After work I came home and saw that Jarvis had actually written a reply on Google+<\/a> and there had been a bit of back and forth (for some\u00a0here<\/a> and here<\/a>) between Morozov and Jarvis on Twitter. I think the most interesting part of Jarvis’ response is the amount of comments from Jarvis supporters attacking Morozov’s critique. I found it interesting because many accused Morozov of being “cynical” and a “pessimist” especially against the “positive” and “forward-looking” cadre of cyber-utopians led by Jarvis and the like. It seemed that most people who supported Jarvis were from the US… It reminded me of a book by\u00a0Barbara Ehrenreich titled\u00a0Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World<\/a>. <\/em>How much is Internet-centrism a consequence of cultural norm? How much is it engrained in the “have a nice day!” society? I wrote Morozov about it on Twitter<\/a> and if he responds, I’ll update the post!<\/p>\n

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