On Thursday afternoon and evening, two groups debated hypothetical declarations about Amazon. The first, “Should Amazon Be Constrained, And Can They Be?,” was interrupted at the beginning with a grammar correction from the audience. The second, “Is Amazon the Reader’s Friend,” required definitions of “reader,” “friend,” and of course, “Amazon.” Both scored equally high on entertainment and irritation value. But such is the way with debates on Amazon: the sugar high is nice. The ensuing crash less so. Both panels were ably moderated, the first by Ken Auletta (who had spoken of his own experiences with that other tech behemoth, Google, in a […]