Week 10 recap

Tim Wu

Week 10: For this week I finished up my book reviews and attended a presentation by Harvard Professor Theda Skocpol. The presentation was interesting and covered solving environmental issues in global warming and with greenhouse gases. Their were some interesting facts about the reaction of the government and oil companies in regards to the idea of a carbon-cap. Many companies or persons had a stake in this claim such as oil companies and politicians from coal and oil states. Opponents of carbon capping would call Harvard's research a conspiracy created by the educational institution. I don't want to talk to much about this since I have to save some information for the 2-page paper I need to write. However I have finished both my book reviews for Tim Wu's The Master Switch and Jaron Lanier's You Are Not A Gadget. Both interesting books written by intelligent authors, though I do like The Master Switch better. Lanier's book was interesting but, a bit confusing at times. Still I recommend both books for any one looking to read something interesting.

Theda Skocpol

During the book discussion many of the topics covered in Wu's book were talked about. I though it was interesting to here everyone's interpretation. What I really got from the book was a chronological view of how many of the communication industries today went through a similar cycle of innovation and monopolization. I was really glad to have participated in the book discussion because I was able to share with many of my classmates information they may have overlooked or forgotten. Each week I feel I have improved and am more knowledgeable in the areas of copyright and intellectual property. This weekend appears to be full of assignments as spring break is around the corner.