| Description |
viii, 243 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Paradox of a Book -- 1. The DNA of Information -- 2. Debunking Bandwidth -- 3. Bitcasting -- 4. The Bit Police -- 5. Commingled Bits -- 6. The Bit Business -- 7. Where People and Bits Meet -- 8. Graphical Persona -- 9. 20/20 VR -- 10. Looking and Feeling -- 11. Can We Talk About This? -- 12. Less Is More -- 13. The Post-Information Age -- 14. Prime Time Is My Time -- 15. Good Connections -- 16. Hard Fun -- 17. Digital Fables and Foibles -- 18. The New E-xpressionists -- Epilogue: An Age of Optimism |
| Summary |
In lively, mordantly witty prose, Negroponte decodes the mysteries--and debunks the hype--surrounding bandwidth, multimedia, virtual reality, and the Internet, and explains why such touted innovations as the fax and the CD-ROM are likely to go the way of the BetaMax. "Succinct and readable. . . . If you suffer from digital anxiety . . . here is a book that lays it all out for you."--Newsday |
| Analysis |
Computer networks Social aspects |
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Digital communications Social aspects |
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Interactive multimedia Social aspects |
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Technology and civilization |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Computer networks -- Social aspects.
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Digital communications -- Social aspects.
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Interactive multimedia -- Social aspects.
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Technology and civilization.
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| LC no. |
94045971 |
| ISBN |
0679439196 |
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