critical information systems

Hi all,

I've just seen this Guardian article about Richard Barbrook's new book in today's paper. It looks a good read. He co-authored an interesting essay a few years ago about the Internet as Californian ideology: the central argument was essentially that the Internet reflects the particular historical mix of the social liberalism and free market Reaganomics dominant in post 1960s California, which was the particular environment of much of the early development.