The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A History, a ãPhilosophy, a Warning | HardcoverããJustin E H SmithããPrinceton University Press | Princeton University PressãPhilosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy / Social / Computers / Internet - Online Safety & PrivacyããAn original deep history of the internet that tells the story ãof the centuries-old utopian dreams behind it-and explains why ãthey have died todayãã"Many think of the internet as an unprecedented andãoverwhelmingly positive achievement of modern human technology.ãBut is it? In The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is, JustinãSmith offers an original deep history of the internet, from theãancient to the modern world-uncovering its surprising originsãin nature and centuries-old dreams of radically improving humanãlife by outsourcing thinking to machines and communicatingãacross vast distances. Yet, despite the internet's continuingãpotential, Smith argues, the utopian hopes behind it haveãfinally died today, killed by the harsh realities of socialãmedia, the global information economy, and the attention-ãdestroying nature of networked technology.ãã"Ranging over centuries of the history and philosophy ofãscience and technology, Smith shows how the "internet" has beenãwith us much longer than we usually think. He draws fascinatingãconnections between internet user experience, artificialãintelligence, the invention of the printing press,ãcommunication between trees, and the origins of computing inãthe machine-driven looms of the silk industry. At the sameãtime, he reveals how the internet's organic structure andãdevelopment root it in the natural world in unexpected waysãthat challenge efforts to draw an easy line between technologyãand nature.ããCombining the sweep of intellectual history with theãincisiveness of philosophy, The Internet Is Not What You ThinkãIt Is cuts through our daily digital lives to give a clear-ãsighted picture of what the internet is, where it came from,ãand where it might be taking us in the coming decades.ãã-- ãã--- OpenXP 5.0.57ã * Origin: Ogg's Dovenet Point (723:320/1.9)ã þ Synchronet þ CAPCITY2 * capcity2.synchro.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/Rlogin/HTTPã

The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A History, aã O> Philosophy, a Warning | Hardcoverãã O> Justin E H SmithããFYI.. The softcover is scheduled for release on Aug 15, 2023ããã--- OpenXP 5.0.57ã * Origin: Ogg's Dovenet Point (723:320/1.9)ã þ Synchronet þ CAPCITY2 * capcity2.synchro.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/Rlogin/HTTPã