Daily Archives: January 12, 2010

Madness of Crowds and Internet Groupthink Delusions

John Tierney has a nice overview and essay on Jaron Lanier's realization that the open community culture of the internet has stymied progress in many ways and that copyright owners do suffer from illegal pirating much more than the free information folks thought . . . The Madness of Crowds and an Internet Delusion .…