- Google Reader Shutdown a Sobering Reminder That 'Our' Technology Isn't Ours -- The death of Google Reader reveals a problem of the modern Internet that many of us have in the back of our heads: We are all participants in a user driven Internet, but we are still just the users, nothing more http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkantrowitz/2013/03/13/google-reader-shutdown-a-sobering-reminder-that-our-technology-isnt-ours/ 64 comments technology