Lee Siegel, author of
Against the Machine: Being Human in the Era of the Electronic
Mob
, talks to Computer Weekly's Cliff
Saran about what's wrong with the Internet, the "first social
environment created for the asocial individual".
Siegel is no Luddite: he believes in the possibility for the
Internet to be used well. However, his book is a protest against
the negative aspects of the current explosion of online
communication. In this thought-provoking video discussion he ranges
across issues including truth on the Internet, the rise of
impatience as a result of virtually instant online gratification,
how freedom to insult is damaging freedom of speech, and much
more.
