The End Is Near
June, 2008
THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET PROBABLY WON'T BE AS BRIGHT AS WE THINKI love my TiVo. I'm not the only one: Former Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell got one for Christmas in 2002 and declared it "God's machine." Many people share our fervor for digital video recorders. But while there is much to love about TiVo, there is also much to hate—and even fear— about the digital future it represents. Why such ambivalence? Because TiVo is a creature of television culture....
