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"David Hudson charts the course of the Internet from its quiet birth, through its anarchic salad days, to the impact of commercialization of the web and the current rush to convert the Net into a passive infotainment medium." "In interviews with Wired editor Louis Rossetto and former Wired contributing writer Paulina Borsook, Hudson takes measure of the magazine that claims to be "the voice of the digital revolution" and the libertarianism it has helped to promote. Howard Rheingold discusses his current views on virtual communities and his hopes of bringing a more social form of communication to the web, and eight network administrators describe the ideals behind their hands-on efforts to wire their local communities." "Surveying the shifting landscape, Hudson unravels the fringe ideas of a technotranscendental global consciousness and Extropian sci-fi dreams of uploading the human mind onto computer hard disks, probes the deeper issues of online identity, privacy and censorship, and explores new forms of publishing and artistic expression."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
| ISBN-13 | 9781578700035 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1578700035 |
| Weight | 1.65 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 7.25 x 1.00 x 9.25 In |
| List Price | $29.99 |
| Format | Hardcover |
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| Pages | 336 pages |
| Publisher | Macmillan Technical Pub |
| Published On | 1997-06-01 |
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