Advocates reactions

Masada article: While I agree with some of the things he says, I think he's a little too idealistic/optimistic. He portrays the information society almost as a utopia, where everyone is working for the common good and no selfishness is involved. While that would be nice, it's not exactly practical, I think a merging of the information society and industrial society would be better than just an information society.

Leadbeater article: His section on finance capitalism is interesting in that he lists a myriad of problems with globalization but still believes it to be a good thing. He seems to have the knowledge and social capital things down, they appear to be sound arguments. I don't think knowledge is the end-all, be-all of human existence, so I disagree with the last part of his essay.

Cyberspace and the American Dream article: The idea that cyberspace would be able to get rid of government and bureaucracy seems kind of ludicrous to me. And as in the other two articles, the authors seem to be discounting human nature, the selfishness and constant self-interest that people live by. There will always be people going against the "common good."