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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
Sterling has such a keen eye and wonderful way to tell it like it is. Rare commodity these days. Wonderful pamphlet...
Pensavo fosse molto meglio, questo articolo di Sterling.
Più visionarietà, più denuncia di ciò che si andrà a perdere, pur sottolineando ciò che si acquisirà.
Invece in buona parte fa il punto della situazione mostrando le varie parti in causa, sia corporation che individui che nazioni.
Alcune parti sono interessanti, come quando ci viene illustrata la strategia "di mercato" dei Big Five, riassumibile in "accoltella il bambino, togli l'ossigeno".
Ma le analogie feudali, onestamente, sono illeggibili.
Più visionarietà, più denuncia di ciò che si andrà a perdere, pur sottolineando ciò che si acquisirà.
Invece in buona parte fa il punto della situazione mostrando le varie parti in causa, sia corporation che individui che nazioni.
Alcune parti sono interessanti, come quando ci viene illustrata la strategia "di mercato" dei Big Five, riassumibile in "accoltella il bambino, togli l'ossigeno".
Ma le analogie feudali, onestamente, sono illeggibili.
Sterling offers some very insightful commentary on the Internet of Things, defined not as "an Internet connected refrigerator" but as the latest point of contention for major corporations. He aptly describes the attitudes of the major players and the culture and traditions they inhabit, and how it will affect the rest of us.
I only wish someone had sternly told him to not try and be so clever with his phrasing and analogies. Instead of getting to his point, he waltzes around it. It sometimes made understanding his message harder than it had to be, and left me a bit impatient in the beginning as I wondered if there would be any point to this seeming polemic.
I'd rather have Sterling sharing his insights than not, though, so overall I'm a fan of this work.
I only wish someone had sternly told him to not try and be so clever with his phrasing and analogies. Instead of getting to his point, he waltzes around it. It sometimes made understanding his message harder than it had to be, and left me a bit impatient in the beginning as I wondered if there would be any point to this seeming polemic.
I'd rather have Sterling sharing his insights than not, though, so overall I'm a fan of this work.
Feel ripped off for buying this… …not that it wasn't completely meritless, there are some clip-worthy sentences. But this is a long blog post, at best, not a "book" by any stretch.
Feel ripped off for buying this… …not that it wasn't completely meritless, there are some clip-worthy sentences. But this is a long blog post, at best, not a "book" by any stretch.
Gosh. Sterling isn't much of an optimist about the Internet of Things, is he? He makes good points about the feudalism and the lordly struggles on the internet, though. Food for thought on strategy. Also, I think that his Big Five, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft and Apple, will soon be joined by Tesla as a power house. Interesting, but not immensely cheering.