The New Techno-Historical Determinism: A Reply to Clay Shirky

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The New Techno-Historical Determinism: A Reply to Clay Shirky
      

My old sparring partner Clay Shirky is at it again. Responding on the Britannica website to Nick Carr's Atlantic piece about the decline of reading, he tells us that War and Peace and À La Recherche du Temps Perdu aren't significant accomplishments because they are too long and dense. This is a straw man argument, of course ...
         

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