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Reviews of THE MASTER SWITCH

Some reviews for the MASTER SWITCH The New York Times “AT&T is the star of Wu’s book, an intellectually ambitious history of modern communications….” The Washington Post “My pick for economics book of the year” The Atlantic “Fascinating … a … Continue reading

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Some Book Tour Stops

New York: Nov. 4: Launch Party Nov. 7: Asian-American Writers Workshop PAGE TURNER Nov. 11:  New America Foundation event at the CORE Club Nov. 30:  Columbia Journalism School Boston: Nov. 5, Book Talk and Q&A, Harvard bookstore, Cambridge, MA Jan … Continue reading

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The Master Switch on Sale Nov 2

Buy it from one of these fine booksellers Barnes & Noble Indie-Bound Amazon

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Draft One of Book is Done

Long overdue update, I’m done a first draft of the book, and I’m slowing workshopping it around the country. Current title: OPEN the fate of an idea

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Giving gifts to the Gatekeeper

The man, who has equipped himself with many things for his journey, spends everything, no matter how valuable, to win over the gatekeeper. The latter takes it all but, as he does so, says, “I am taking this only so … Continue reading

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Predictions of the Future

I’m reading “The Wired Nation,” a 1970 piece by Ralph Lee Smith, assessing the great future of cable TV as a  medium of liberation. Some is pretty spot on: Looking a bit farther into the future, it may be that … Continue reading

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Why was the answering machine suppressed for 45 years?

Bell’s engineers had an answering machine invented by 1935.   However it wasn’t until 1980 or so that answering machines became widely available – why? Interestingly, according to a great paper by Mark Clark that I came across recentlt, internal memos … Continue reading

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Vint Cerf

I had a great experience on Friday — a session with just me, Vint Cerf and whiteboard. Topic: What’s so special about TCP / IP? That may not sound so exciting to normal people. But for an internet geek, its … Continue reading

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Long Hand

Gone back to long hand to write my book – strange experience to write for hours with a pen and paper.

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What is progressive libertarianism?

This is something I have been wondering as I write my book.  I have always felt that the problem with libertarianism isn’t that it values freedom; it is that it takes a strange and almost willfully blind view of what … Continue reading

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