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Author: Justin E. H. Smith
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2022-03-22
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 0691212325
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA history of the internet, uncovering its origins in nature and centuries-old dreams of improving the quality of human life by creating thinking machines and allowing for communication across vast distances. Looks at what the internet is, where it came from, and where it might be taking us.
Author: Justin E. H. Smith
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2023-08-15
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 069123521X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn 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.
Author: Brian McCullough
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Published: 2018-10-23
Total Pages: 371
ISBN-13: 1631493086
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Library Journal Best Book of the Year Tech-guru Brian McCullough delivers a rollicking history of the internet, why it exploded, and how it changed everything. The internet was never intended for you, opines Brian McCullough in this lively narrative of an era that utterly transformed everything we thought we knew about technology. In How the Internet Happened, he chronicles the whole fascinating story for the first time, beginning in a dusty Illinois basement in 1993, when a group of college kids set off a once-in-an-epoch revolution with what would become the first “dotcom.” Depicting the lives of now-famous innovators like Netscape’s Marc Andreessen and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, McCullough also reveals surprising quirks and unknown tales as he tracks both the technology and the culture around the internet’s rise. Cinematic in detail and unprecedented in scope, the result both enlightens and informs as it draws back the curtain on the new rhythm of disruption and innovation the internet fostered, and helps to redefine an era that changed every part of our lives.
Author: Andrew Keen
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Published: 2015-01-06
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 0802192319
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe renowned Internet commentator and author of How to Fix the Future“expos[es] the greed, egotism and narcissism that fuels the tech world” (Chicago Tribune). The digital revolution has contributed to the world in many positive ways, but we are less aware of the Internet’s deeply negative effects. The Internet Is Not the Answer, by longtime Internet skeptic Andrew Keen, offers a comprehensive look at what the Internet is doing to our lives. The book traces the technological and economic history of the Internet, from its founding in the 1960s through the rise of big data companies to the increasing attempts to monetize almost every human activity. In this sharp, witty narrative, informed by the work of other writers, reporters, and academics, as well as his own research and interviews, Keen shows us the tech world, warts and all. Startling and important, The Internet Is Not the Answer is a big-picture look at what the Internet is doing to our society and an investigation of what we can do to try to make sure the decisions we are making about the reconfiguring of our world do not lead to unpleasant, unforeseen aftershocks. “Andrew Keen has written a very powerful and daring manifesto questioning whether the Internet lives up to its own espoused values. He is not an opponent of Internet culture, he is its conscience, and must be heard.” —Po Bronson, #1 New York Times–bestselling author
Author: Everest Media,
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
Published: 2022-06-13T22:59:00Z
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPlease note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The first thing that is truly new about the present era is the new kind of exploitation in which human beings are not only exploited for their labor, but also for the information they provide. #2 The second new problem of the internet era is the way in which the emerging extractive economy threatens our ability to use our mental faculty of attention in a way that is conducive to human thriving. #3 The third feature that makes 2018 different from past years is the condensation of so much of our lives into a single device. This consolidation helps and intensifies the first two novelties of our era, namely the extraction of attention from human subjects as a sort of natural resource and the critical challenge this new extractive economy poses to our mental faculty of attention. #4 The new advertisement landscape is one that functions bidirectionally, monitoring potential customers’ behavior, attentional habits, and inclinations, and developing numerous technological prods and traps that together make it nearly impossible to decide to exit this commercial nexus.
Author: Justin E. H. Smith
Publisher:
Published: 2022-04
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780691241104
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn 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.
Author: Paul Bappoo
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2013-06-13
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 1291454039
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWarning! You might make enough to buy a couple of beers! Becoming an Internet Millionaire takes a lot of hard work and a great deal of luck, however if you focus all your energy on the more attainable goal of making a good living online then you are much more likely to be successful. You can use the step by step guide in this book to create an online business that: Requires no more investment that a few beers, needs only a computer and an internet connection, can be started in the time it takes to read this book, can be run in your spare time a few hours a week, can be operated from your living room, generates reliable, residual, passive income, Is so simple your granny could do it! Plus, if you already run a small business or work for a large company then you can use the secrets revealed in this book to help build a loyal, responsive and targeted customer base who are eager to see your regular marketing messages! So either start your own business or become a hero in the workplace, the choice is yours.
Author: MRose,
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
Published: 2019-10-16
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 1633389340
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA hilarious look into the scary world of internet dating especially after fifty. Join our heroine through the funny and not so funny experiences of the dating world, and how she continues to search for her one true soul mate. Without much luck so far, she continues her quest in the most positive manner. How many frogs can she kiss? The moral of the story is buy yourself a supersize ChapStick. It’s going to be a bumpy ride!
Author: Amazat K. Akbarov
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2012-03-15
Total Pages: 185
ISBN-13: 1443838462
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCommunication Approach in English Through the Internet carefully prepares students to read university-level texts. It teaches students the strategies and the vocabulary-building skills to help them grow in confidence and progress to higher levels of linguistic proficiency. The exercises will help students develop their four basic academic skills and express themselves in a mature and appropriate way that is relevant to the context, whether it be a report, conversation or other form of discourse. Each unit plan provides, step-by-step, a variety of lively exercises for brainstorming ideas and planning a structure that can be used directly from the book or as a springboard for innovative Internet resources. The author emphasizes active learning and addresses the needs of EFL students. This is the perfect coursebook for weaving the excitement and usefulness of the Internet into your daily English communication. Features • A skills and strategies sections that teach essential linguistic skills • Tasks that encourage students to interact with the text and practice using internet resources • Activities that take students “beyond the classroom,” and can be used for discussion and communication
Author: Kenneth Starr
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 1656
ISBN-13:
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