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The Master Switch
Tim Wu · 初版 2010 年
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为什么值得读
- 梳理电信业走向寡头垄断的历史脉络与经济成因
- 深入剖析一切大众传播媒介走向中心化的必然趋势
- 有助于理解信息帝国崛起过程中的监管与竞争问题
在这个开放互联网的时代，人们很容易忘记，从电话开始，美国的每个信息产业最终都沦为了某种冷酷垄断或卡特尔的猎物。随着我们所有的媒体如今都在单一网络上传播，一种对美国人所见所闻实行集中控制的前所未有的潜在力量正在形成。历史会在下一次产业整合中重演吗？互联网——即整个美国的信息流——是否会被某家掌控了“the master switch”的企业巨兽所统治？这正是作者提
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……开了一个危险的先例。我担心他们是想通过这次收购来扼杀这种不服管束的行为。潜在的好处或许不错，我只是担心下行风险非常大。* 看看 Tim Wu 的《The Master Switch》，或者至少看看这篇书评：http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/books/review/Leonhardt-t.h...
…setting a dangerous precedent. I worry they're trying to squash this unruly behavior through the purchase. Potential benefits might be nice, I just worry the downside risk is very large. * Check out "The Master Switch" by Tim Wu, or at least this review: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/books/review/Leonhardt-t.h...
去读读 Tim Wu 的《Master Switch》，看看我们是怎么从 A 点走到 B 点的。你的论点根本站不住脚。电信寡头垄断是两个简单因素导致的：1）电信是一个经济规模几乎无限的领域……
Read "Master Switch" by Tim Wu to see how we got from point A to point B. There's no beef to your argument. The telco oligopolies are the result of two simple factors: 1) Telecom is a field with almost infinite economics…
……降到了安全线以下，你不应该归咎于缺乏竞争，而应该指出它的本质：往好听了说是无能，往难听了说就是腐败。HN 读者会喜欢的一本关于该主题的好书是《The Master Switch》：https://www.amazon.ca/Master-Switch-Rise-Information-Empires...
…reduced below a safe level, you should not blame lack of competition, but call it what it is: incompetence at best, corruption at worst. Good book on the topic that HN readers will appreciate is "The Master Switch": https://www.amazon.ca/Master-Switch-Rise-Information-Empires...
……我觉得有越来越多的 web3/去中心化技术被开发出来是件好事。我也赞同所有网络随着时间的推移都会趋于中心化。关于这个有一本好书：https://www.amazon.com/Master-Switch-Rise-Information-Empire... 不过我觉得加密货币离这种终局还远得很。我们仍能看到大量新技术和新玩家进入这个领域。它并没有那么“已经中心化”……
…I think it's great that more and more web3/decentralized technologies are being developed. I do agree that all networks tend toward centralization over time. Great book on this https://www.amazon.com/Master-Switch-Rise-Information-Empire... I don't think crypto is anywhere near this end stage though. We are still seeing a lot of new technology and players enter the space. It's not "already centralized" as much…
……现在每个人都在公开论坛（Twitter、Facebook 等）上群情激愤。这是不可避免的，也是极符合人性的，因为任何形式的大众媒体都曾被广泛消费（Tim Wu 写过一本关于大众媒体的好书叫《The Master Switch》，把这点讲得很透）。我不认为这是像某些人宣称的那样是一个“问题”。其次不，我觉得他没有受到伤害，Brave 是一款成功的产品，不得不脱离……
…everyone being outraged in public forums now (Twitter, Facebook etc). Inevitable and very human, since any form of mass media was widely consumed (Tim Wu wrote a great book about mass media called The Master Switch which covers this very well). I don't think its a "problem" like some people make it out to be. Secondly no, I don't think he was harmed, Brave is a successful product, and having to go outside the…
关于这个主题有两本书：Tim Wu 的《The Master Switch》和 Paul Starr 的《The Creation of the Media》。《The Master Switch》梳理了无线电的历史，其早期的探索阶段被监管所扼杀，大企业……
A couple of books on the topic: "The Master Switch" by Tim Wu, and "The Creation of the Media", by Paul Starr. "The Master Switch" goes through the history of radio, where an initial period of experimentation was stifled by regulation, with big business…