Are we being homogenized by Web 2.0?

In a review of Jaron Lanier’s You Are Not a Gadget, Michael Agger of Slate Magazine discusses the author’s premise, which is that the new Web tools like Wikipedia, Facebook, and others are turning people into one-dimensional conformists with limited creativity. The author fears that “crowd wisdom” is actually perpetuating stupidity and shallow thinking. See what you think.

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