Smart Mobs before long. I’ve enjoyed Rheingold’s work for years, and I am quite confident that this will be a very interesting and worthwhile read. If you’re looking for a book that will provoke thought down interesting paths, I am certain, sight unseen, that this book will do the trick.

worldwide press freedom index. Canada is fifth, just a tick behind the four countries tied for first. Otherwise it’s the usual suspects – the industrial democracies, you might say. Costa Rica and Slovenia are both interesting entries in the top 15, and Benin comes in 6th, tied with the UK.