Web 2.0 Sirens?

The recent Web 2.0 Forum elicited several interesting articles from Michael Gorman, past president of the American Library Association, on the Britannica Blog, beginning with the Sleep of Reason, and continuing with Siren Song of the Internet, Part 1 and Part 2. Naturally, there were responses.

UPDATE: Mark Oehlert at Learning as Art has an interesting perspective on this, and links to the continuing debate between Weinberger and Keen.