Xiaowei Wang is a Chinese-American artist, researcher and activist working on technology-related issues. In this book, they describe their travels through the Chinese countryside, searching for the sources and consequences of technological innovation. While it's interesting how they dissolve the myt ...more

i just read a very angry review of this book by an ayn rand fan about how it's too ideological haha. i'm mulling it over... regardless the facts alone in this book are so interesting. and the ideology is beautiful

i've been fantasizing about becoming a software engineer and (separately) moving to chi ...more

Xiaowei Wang does the tough task of critiquing tech-religion while being a tech-optimist. The marvelous part is that the book works as a travelogue, as a short survey, and as a general critique of the present.

Much recommended to my Indian friends, who may see in TaoBao's rural initiatives the radia ...more