WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed

Author Ohanian made his mark with Reddit.com, and this audiobook is his founder's story (a memoir lite), mixed with some entrepreneurial inspiration and topped off with a dash of polemic (let's keep the Internet free, like forever). Ohanian is a veteran TED lecturer and video game enthusiast, and he invests his audiobook with an energetic, self-confident, and slightly self-absorbed performance. A downloadable PDF augments the audiobook, and the frequent references to it may become annoying for listeners on the go. Despite the title, this genre-crossing audiobook doesn't offer any insights into the future, and the theme--a free Internet will promote entrepreneurial development--seems self-evident (and self-serving). R.W.S. 2014 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2014]