Jason Burnett rated The Internet Con: 5 stars
The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow
When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us …
Art historian. Aspiring museum professional. Recovering grad student (completed MA in art history/museum studies in December 2022). SF/F/H fan. News junkie. Curious cook (currently learning Korean and Japanese cooking). Active language learner (currently studying Japanese and French, with Korean next in the queue). Games fan. K-pop stan. Manga reader. Anime watcher. Unironic ukulele player. #ActuallyAustistic
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Once I learned the actual due date of this book (1953), a lot of things about it made much more sense. I was able to extract quite a bit of factual data from the book, while needing at all times to mentally filter out Munsterberg's antiquated ideas about craft and folk art. Hopefully someone has written a newer book on this subject that (A) includes developments in Japanese folk art since the time of Munsterberg's work and (B) is based on more current ideas of the relationship between craft and art.