The message Rifkin has to tell is one of the most important in our social and cultural history, and the only aspect keeping me from giving the book a solid five stars is the slight caveat attached to any Rifkin books, which is related to the way he tells a story. Rifkin is a pop-scientist and cu...
I had very mixed feelings about this book when I read it. First, the truly positive ideas had to do with the nature of a society that is advancing out of a Capitalist regime. In particular, he seems to appreciate as few authors do, that the massive increase in production has led to a situation i...