A short, punchy, necessary treatise on how to respond to the third information crisis that we suddenly find ourselves living through. Alderman’s main thrust is that the rise of the internet and social media is a sea change comparable to the invention of writing and the invention of the printing press, and for every enlightenment, we must go through the reformation. A particular highlight for me is the essay on what would a smartphone designed like a library look like, and how utopian that seems right now. A balance of glass-half-full optimism and necessary realism, inspiring in large degree.