I saw some weeks ago an interview on the French/German Arte with Jeremy Rifkin.
Some mixed feelings about what he said...

Did some research about the person:

http://www.thethirdindustrialrevolution.com/pages/Home-Page.cfm

Wikipedia warns about its own article...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Rifkin


Some critics from a "green"? corner:
http://www.mindnaturesociety.com/dont-read-jeremy-rifkin-the-third-industrial-revolution
About the green corner:

http://www.mindnaturesociety.com/about


Some interviews:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-iDUcETjvo
For those who understand French:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcZLMSpSHpY


Some further critics:

Some rignt wing American site?
http://republic3-0.com/book-review-jeremy-rifkin-flawed-vision-of-techno-utopia/

 An independent French site?
http://www.atlantico.fr/decryptage/pourquoi-essayiste-jeremy-rifkin-se-trompe-lorsqu-prevoit-fin-capitalisme-erwan-noan-1676287.html/page/0/1


A Canadian source:
http://opinion.financialpost.com/2011/10/11/peter-foster-rifkin-wrong-and-wronger/
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_Post


French critics:
http://alternatives-economiques.fr/blogs/gadrey/2014/09/28/jeremy-rifkin-l%E2%80%99internet-des-objets-et-la-societe-des-barbapapa/
http://rue89.nouvelobs.com/2014/10/01/jeremy-rifkin-linternet-objets-societe-barbapapa-255193
http://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2012/11/07/jeremy-rifkin-le-gourou-vert-des-elus-locaux_1787085_3244.html
http://www.radiopfm.com/ecoute-des-emissions/tumultes/article/tumultes-03-12-2013-retour


Kind regards, Paul.