http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/18/book-11/ by Jeff Jarvis Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:54:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/18/book-11/#comment-350163 tish grier Sun, 20 May 2007 22:30:36 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/18/book-11/#comment-350163 First thing Friedman has to do is learn to talk with people--not *to* them or *at* them. And, by his umpteenth telling of the parable of the Paris cabdriver and the bluetooth headset, he's got very little understanding how technology touches the lives of people beyond his particular socio-economic academic group. Freidman's an observer of the future, not a participant in it. Let's not bother him about it. First thing Friedman has to do is learn to talk with people–not *to* them or *at* them. And, by his umpteenth telling of the parable of the Paris cabdriver and the bluetooth headset, he’s got very little understanding how technology touches the lives of people beyond his particular socio-economic academic group. Freidman’s an observer of the future, not a participant in it. Let’s not bother him about it.

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