Category: Reviews (1-2 of 2)

Miscellany and Language: A review of Everything is Miscellaneous
Tuesday, July 24, 2007

David Weinberger's latest book "Everything is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder" presents a view of digital information as having been "freed of its categorical tethers". The question asked here is: what about the barriers of language? (continue reading)

Black Gold, Rising Sun: A review of "Gold Warriors"
Tuesday, February 13, 2007

With their recent book, "Gold Warriors: America's Secret Recovery of Yamashita's Gold", Sterling and Peggy Seagrave have provided a much needed antidote to tired, politically-correct caricatures of Japan, much trumpeted by its leaders and echoed in the mass media. (continue reading)