Just last week Cory Doctorow did (I believe) a really good analysis of Morozov's Net Delusion: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jan/25/net-activism-del

Just last week Cory Doctorow did (I believe) a really good analysis of Morozov's Net Delusion: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jan/25/net-activism-delusion http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jan/25/net-activis... As for Gladwell, I believe it's just too easy to take shots at "Social Media" in general when clearly nothing can be proven. To me the mere fact that actual people believe in it and feel helped and moved by it, constitutes enough evidence of real value. Whether it makes a measurable difference in the outcome of the Egyptian crisis is something that cannot really be proved one way or the other and to me it almost feels like Gladwell wants to somehow draw attention by arguing the point, which he already had taken on in a back-and-forth argument with Clay Shirky some months ago. Edited to add: That Egypt's government felt compelled to censor the Internet and the use of SMS messaging is also powerful evidence of the value of these ways of communication.