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Author:

Smith, Justin E. H., author.

Title:

The internet is not what you think it is : a history, a philosophy, a warning / Justin E.H. Smith.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

x, 194 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Internet--History.
Artificial intelligence--History.
Technology--Social aspects.
Technology and civilization.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-189) and index.

Contents:

A sudden acceleration -- The ecology of the internet -- The reckoning engine and the thinking machine -- "How closely woven the web?" : the internet as loom -- A window on the world.

Summary:

A 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.

ISBN:

9780691212326 (hardcover)
0691212325

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1269618661

LCCN:

2021950463

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