Schlecky Silberstein’s book, Das Internet muss weg (The Internet Has to Go), is not a revelation on how to live without the net, nor does it prepare you for the EU copyright reform that is practically around the corner. But it is entertaining in many places and explains in a few others how filter bubbles come about and why likes are like coke.
Much of it was not new to me, which is to be expected in my line of work. But in its condensed form it sent even more shivers down my spine. When you then consider that the book was written in 2017, that Schlecky was already processing Cambridge Analytica in it, but that the wider world only started paying attention last year, you shake your head even more.
Why we should all use our smartphones less, maybe not install some apps at all, and why it is essential to look beyond your own bubble is not only described by Schlecky in the book. As far as I can tell, an association he has co-initiated is on the verge of being established to educate people about the dangers described in the book.
Far from light reading, the book is well worth a recommendation.
This post is part of my reading page.
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