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Content contains a series of articles and presentations. Lots of topics are covered, including Facebook, RSS, and the adaptation of new technologies.

What felt like the most common and most impactful was the focus on DRM, specifically Cory's speech at Microsoft, explaining just how awful it is and why you'd be dumb to back it.

All in all, an enjoyable collection of essays to chew on regarding technology.

To readers of the BoingBoing blog, Cory Doctorow needs no introduction. The contents of this book will likewise be familiar, as it covers Doctorow's favorite topics, the so-called copyfight struggle of regular folks versus overreaching intellectual property owners, the wrongheadedness of digital rights management technology, and the growing encroachment of government surveillance into everyday life. These are all important topics, and Doctorow handles them deftly. However, like Dawkins' and Hitchens' books about atheism, the people who most need to learn about these topics are also the least likely to pick this book up.

The book also suffers somewhat from a lack of variety, especially during the first half. Taken individually, they're well argued, but because most of the essays are variations of the same few themes, the compilation as a whole suffers.

In the end, it's difficult to determine who to recommend this book to. BoingBoing readers don't really need …