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The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is - A History, a Philosophy, a Warning
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The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is - A History, a Philosophy, a Warning
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Loot Price R357
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An original deep history of the internet that tells the story of
the centuries-old utopian dreams behind it—and explains why they
have died today Many think of the internet as an unprecedented and
overwhelmingly positive achievement of modern human technology. But
is it? In The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is, Justin Smith
offers an original deep history of the internet, from the ancient
to the modern world—uncovering its surprising origins in nature
and centuries-old dreams of radically improving human life by
outsourcing thinking to machines and communicating across vast
distances. Yet, despite the internet’s continuing potential,
Smith argues, the utopian hopes behind it have finally died today,
killed by the harsh realities of social media, the global
information economy, and the attention-destroying nature of
networked technology. Ranging over centuries of the history and
philosophy of science and technology, Smith shows how the
“internet” has been with us much longer than we usually think.
He draws fascinating connections between internet user experience,
artificial intelligence, the invention of the printing press,
communication between trees, and the origins of computing in the
machine-driven looms of the silk industry. At the same time, he
reveals how the internet’s organic structure and development root
it in the natural world in unexpected ways that challenge efforts
to draw an easy line between technology and nature. Combining the
sweep of intellectual history with the incisiveness of philosophy,
The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is cuts through our daily
digital lives to give a clear-sighted picture of what the internet
is, where it came from, and where it might be taking us in the
coming decades.
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Imprint: |
Princeton University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2023 |
Firstpublished: |
2022 |
Authors: |
Justin E. H. Smith
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Dimensions: |
203 x 133mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
208 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-691-23521-9 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-691-23521-X |
Barcode: |
9780691235219 |
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