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There was a time in the not-too-distant past when large companies and powerful governments reigned supreme over the little guy. But new technologies are empowering individuals like never before, and the Davids of the world-the amateur journalists, musicians, and small businessmen and women-are suddenly making a huge economic and social impact. In Army of Davids, author Glenn Reynolds, the man behind the immensely popular Instapundit.com, provides an in-depth, big-picture point-of-view for a world where the small guys matter more and more. Reynolds explores the birth and growth of the individual's surprisingly strong influence in: arts and entertainment, anti-terrorism, nanotech and space research, and much more. The balance of power between the individual and the organization is finally evening out. And it's high time the Goliaths of the world pay attention, because, as this book proves, an army of Davids is on the rise. "George Orwell feared that technology would enable dictators to
enslave the masses. Glenn Reynolds shows that technology can
empower individuals to determine their own futures and to defeat
those who would enslave us. This is a book of profound
importance-and also a darn good read." "Blogger extraordinaire Glenn Reynolds shows how average
Americans can use new technologies to overcome the twin demons of
corporate greed and incompetent government. Reynolds is a
compelling evangelist for the power of the individual to change our
world." "A smart, fun tour of a major social andeconomic trend. From
home-brewed beer to blogging, Glenn Reynolds is an engaging,
uniquely qualified guide to the do-it-yourself movements
transforming business, politics, and media." "A student in her dorm room now commands the resources of a
multi-million dollar music recording or movie editing studio of not
so many years ago. The tools of creativity have been democratized
and the tools of production are not far behind (Karl Marx take
note). Glenn Reynolds's beguiling new book tells the insightful
story of how an 'army of Davids' is inheriting the Earth, leaving a
trail of obsolete business models not to mention cultural,
economic, and political institutions in its wake." 'Must-read, ' 'gotta have, ' 'culture-changing' . . . I am
suspicious of blurbs with such overused plugs. But Glenn Reynolds's
An Army of Davids is in fact a must-read new book that you gotta
have if you are going to understand the culture-changing forces
that are unleashed and at work across the globe. "Glenn Reynolds has written an essential book for understanding
how technology and markets are creating a bottom-up shift in power
to ordinary people that is changing business, government, and our
world. Packed with fresh ideas and adorned with graceful prose, An
Army of Davids is a masterpiece." "I cannot think of a better book for the average reader
tounderstand just how the Web and other digital technologies are
reversing the polarities of modern society-restoring many features
of daily life lost with the Industrial Revolution, while at the
same time inventing powerful new cultural institutions. And for
those of us who make careers out of watching this transformation,
no book to date so well summarizes all of the diverse trends in a
single narrative." "Reynolds' highly informative book-a must-read if you want to
have some idea of the direction things are taking-is about a lot
more than the effect of blogging on Big Media. Its theme is 'the
triumph of personal technology over mass technology, ' which is a
trend Reynolds believes is only 'going to strengthen over the
coming decades.'" "Instapundit's book reads fast. . . It's just one big idea after
another, like a Hollywood thriller that piles on the plot rather
than stopping to tie up the loose ends. . . He's fearless. .
." "The book covers everything from home-brewing beer to space
travel, but all the themes are connected by Glenn's faith in human
imagination and creativity. It's a must-read for anyone interested
in where technology is taking us." "Reynolds comes across as a good-humored, reasonable and even
modest fellow, so it is astonishing to realize just how ambitious
An Army of Davids really is. A hundred years ago, nobody could
accurately explain or predict just where the Industrial Revolution
would take us. Now, Reynolds attempts nothing short of explaining
and predicting where the Information Revolution will takeus. . . I
will make a prediction-in December, when lists of the most
important books of the year are drawn up, this one will be near the
top." "Reynolds argues that we are undergoing a sea change. The
balance of advantage-in every aspect of society-is shifting from
big organizations to small ones. . . Reynolds presents his case
with verve and wit." ." . . crisp and readable. . . " "Glenn Reynolds isn't just the author of An Army of Davids. He's
a living, breathing embodiment of the book's attractive and
persuasive thesis. . ."
This book examines the international and domestic American legal problems associated with activity in outer space from a strong policy perspective, with particular attention given to problems associated with space commercialization and with military activities in outer space. Outer Space: Problems of Law and Policy is indispensable as a casebook, reference, and self-teaching tool for students, practitioners, academics, and members of the aerospace industry.
This book examines the international and domestic American legal problems associated with activity in outer space from a strong policy perspective, with particular attention given to problems associated with space commercialization and with military activities in outer space.
Peter Morgan and Glenn Reynolds expose the underside of our ethics excesses: how "the appearance of impropriety" has distracted businessmen, politicians and private citizens from addressing truly substantive problems time and again. The authors point to an institutional breakdown and failure to take moral responsibility; to a substitution of appearance for substance, of technicalities for judgment, and of opportunism for self-discipline.
This comprehensive investigation into the little-known genre of mission-oriented films uncovers how Protestant missionaries overseas sought to bring back motion picture footage from remote parts of the world. In the broader religious community, mission films aimed to educate congregants back home about efforts to evangelize communities around the world. However, this book demonstrates the larger impact of mission films on American visual culture. It highlights the evolution and development of the genre from an early emphasis on "foreign views" in the 1910s, to interwar films providing a more detailed look at how mission stations functioned in far-flung lands, to Cold War productions which at times functioned as veritable propaganda tools parroting anti-communist discourse emanating from the CIA.
In recent decades historians and film scholars have intensified their study of colonial cinema in Africa. Yet the vastness of the continent, the number of European powers involved and irregular record keeping has made uncovering the connections between imagery, imperialism and indigenous peoples difficult. This volume takes up the challenge, tracing production and exhibition patterns to show how motion pictures were introduced on the continent during the "Scramble for Africa" and the subsequent era of consolidation. The author describes how early actualities, expeditionary footage, ethnographic documentaries and missionary films were made in the African interior and examines the rise of mass black spectatorship. While Africans in the first two decades of the 20th century were sidelined as cinema consumers because of colonial restrictions, social and political changes in the subsequent interwar period--wrought by large-scale mining in southern Africa--led to a rethinking of colonial film policy by missionaries, mining concerns and colonial officials. By World War II, cinema had come to black Africa.
Africa's Last Romantic: The Films, Books and Expeditions of John L. Brom captures the drama and excitement of John L. Brom's film expeditions from 1949 to 1962 through sub-Saharan Africa. Brom was the only explorer to follow the footsteps of Henry Morton Stanley and in a documentary interviewed the two last survivors of Stanley's expeditions from 1874 to 1890. In 1955 he also interviewed the famous nineteenth-century East African slave trader Tippu Tip's grandson, who defended his grandfather's trade. Brom's expedition was the basis for his bestseller 20,000 Miles in the African Jungle, which was translated into eleven languages. Brom managed to interview and film the rulers and tribes he encountered before they were decimated in the civil wars of the Congo after independence, and his historic films are now preserved in the Human Studies Film Archives of the Smithsonian Institution. Over 500 articles were published on Brom's work on both sides of the Atlantic during his lifetime. Africa's Last Romantic is a useful addition to college courses in Third World cinema, cinema studies, and African history.
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