Against The Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob

So in my TINST 207 class, a group of four Seniors at the UW Tacoma presented on a book called Against The Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob By Lee Siegel. They began by telling a little bit about the author's background. He is known as a person who is pretty much against the Internet and the World Wide Web.

They then continue to introduce summaries on the chapters in the book. One chapter was titled 'Bait & Switch' which talked about profits and idealism. He felt that the Internet was being sold as a convenience and people would neglect outside resources for information. A big point I got from the presentation was that the author 'believed information on the Internet is meaningless because it is constantly updated.' While this may be true in some sense, not every piece of information on the Internet is updated.