Loose joints...
Just reading David Weinberger's Small pieces loosely joined. I have to read it slowly, because it keeps annoying me. He draws conclusions from observations which could just as easily be explained through the questions he asks as by way of the actual event he observes or answers he gets. The problem with this kind of essayistic attempt at describing something rather than doing indepth research on the topic, is exactly the lack of methodical criticism. Well, I am only two chapters into the book. I may get increasingly impressed, who knows...