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Newsweek, a publication that consistently reaches for the banal, outdoes itself with this piece by Steven Levy. I don??t have enough time to tick off all the reasons why I think this a bunch of baloney ?? especially after Jeff Jarvis put it better than I ever could.

Charles Cooper has covered technology and business for more than 25 years. Before joining CNET News, he worked at the Associated Press, Computer & Software News, Computer Shopper, PC Week, and ZDNet. E-mail Charlie.

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