Some of these are good arguments to keep in mind, in order to check excessive enthusiasm. But most of the time, Morozov is conflating bad Internet usage with inherent problems with the medium. Sometimes, he just seems upset that people with whom he disagrees are allowed to use the Internet. The world is not saved yet, sure, fair enough, but Morozov goes too far by contending that the Internet has not been a force for good, just because it hasn't completely liberated humankind in 20 years.

Morozov gathers a series of well-established refutations of myths about how the Internet is changing the world, and packages them pretty well. I would consider any of the sections groundbreaking, but it's a good read, none the less.

Morozov has done a good job telling us the obvious, that the internet in particular, and technology in general, can be used for benevolent or malevolent purposes. True, a few would-be prophets predicted, or fantasized, peoples of the world would fall on their keyboards and magically the international community would be filled with love and harmony. Not many of us were privy to those claims, and even fewer have been waiting breathlessly for such a miracle. Morosov could have used the space more productively by arguing that the FCC should move quickly to block telecom companies from taking control of the Internet.