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Title: Too much hype about the book. Good read for the neophyte.
Review: I agree with The New York Times Book Review, Derek Bickerton (see above) - Release 2.0 is a good primer for the neophyte. As someone who is a user of the net and familar with the issues but is not a net expert, I did not find anything new in Release 2.0. Its a regurgitation of old ideas using worn out and obvious examples. In some ways, it presents a simplistic view of the Digital Age. After all the build-up of Dyson as a "respected digerati" who has the gift "for thinking current trends through to the next logical stage" (Business Week, Neil Gross, see above review), I was completely disappointed in the book.
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