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" Lewis is one of the more entertaining business writers out there. His hands on experience as a trader at Salomon Brothers gives a unique "been there done that and know what I am talking about" type of perspective. His best writings are on financial markets - Liar's Poker, The Big Short - and his devastating portraits of Eurozone casulaties in Vanity Fair. Despite his abundant talents, he navigates less certain terrain when he writes about the world of high-tech. His New New Thing and The Future Just Happened are entertaining accounts highlight the bizarre and whacky shennanigans of the New Digerati. I confess to a distinct collegiate bias, preferring the musings of Stanford-bred authors Po Bronson and Guy Kawasaki. They were educated in Silicon Valley, grew up in the business and offer more insights with a tinge of that unique Stanford humor one observes in undergraduate life and in the antics of the Band. Lewis just isn't crazy enough to write the best copy about high tech, but nonetheless this is a decent read with stories about unique individuals cashing in on the new technology. "

" This book was written in 2001, but the strongest praise I can offer it is that although the case studies (file-sharing, message boards, etc.) feel very quaint, the insights Lewis draws from them are still useful today. Not his best work, but not half-bad eiher. "

" Listening to the unabridged audio version. Fascinating even though it reports on early 2000's "

" The internet is changing the world, empowering the little guy and threatening the corporate structure. The book gathers several little guys to make the point that by making the availability of knowledge more democratic, some at the top will start to slip. "

" Lewis is queasy about the impact of technology, and communicates it in his prose and structure... I mean, you're reading about Marillion. It's all quite dated, but has anthropologic value. "

" Not one of Lewis' more famous books but more relevant than ever. Several of the trends described in the book regarding the Internet's impact on society are more evident now than they were at the time. "

" Lewis had great insight for the time in which he wrote the book (2001). And even though we have moved forward over a decade, the information is still relevant and provides much to think about. "

" How the internet has changed out lives and how we are in the midsts of a great status revolution. "

" I read this book forever ago when it was I'm sure, more relevant than it is today, but I remember being very intrigued. I still think about the ideas presented sometimes. Probably one of the things that sparked my fascination with the tech world. "

" An optional-read book on managing technology for managers, executives, and entrepreneurs. "

" Great read -- got me thinking -- pretty impressive to me that nailed both sides of the current debate on internet privacy back in 2001. "

" I enjoy Lewis's writing and this book was no exception. Still relevant information several years after the book was written. It is a good book on the role of change in general, and specifically technology in current society. "

" Another head-shaking and enraging book. Very interesting. "

" A quite interesting book. It made a long flight fly by. "

" not Lewis's best effort. First half was good, then the book lost focus. Anything by Lewis is worth reading but many others are better. "

" A quite interesting book. It made a long flight fly by. "

" How the internet has changed out lives and how we are in the midsts of a great status revolution. "

" I enjoy Lewis's writing and this book was no exception. Still relevant information several years after the book was written. It is a good book on the role of change in general, and specifically technology in current society. "

" This book was written in 2001, but the strongest praise I can offer it is that although the case studies (file-sharing, message boards, etc.) feel very quaint, the insights Lewis draws from them are still useful today. Not his best work, but not half-bad eiher. "

" Not one of Lewis' more famous books but more relevant than ever. Several of the trends described in the book regarding the Internet's impact on society are more evident now than they were at the time. "

" good, not nearly as good as liar's poker "