Friday, February 25, 2011

On the Media: Information Wants to Be Expensive; Has Apple Become the Morality Police?

Information Wants to Be Expensive
On the Media (NPR)

The idea that “information wants to be free,” says Michael Hirschorn in the current issue of the Atlantic, has been the most powerful meme of the past 25 years. But in the mall-like app era of Apple, he argues, that meme is moderating.

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Has Apple Become the Morality Police?
On the Media (NPR)

Do we want Steve Jobs to act as a de facto V-chip for users of Apple products? Adult users of Apple products? Radiolab host Jad Abumrad and DailyFinance media columnist Jeff Bercovici weigh in.

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