Author: Jim Mclellan
VISITING THE MA IN HYPERMEDIA STUDIES by Jim McLellan
From the Guardian Online�
“So what is it that Bill Gates actually owns?” Sat near a bank of computer screens, Dr. Richard Barbrook is trying to nudge a group of students towards a greater appreciation of the economics of the Microsoft monopoly. Gradually they pick up his lead and the discussion ranges over the rise […]
Within this MySpace version of the electronic agora, cybernetic communism was mainstream and unexceptional. What had once been a revolutionary dream was now an enjoyable part of everyday life.