Digital mythologies: the hidden complexities of the internet
"Digital Mythologies asks hard questions about where information technology is taking us. Through anecdotes drawn from his experiences as former editor-in-chief of Telecommunications magazine, the author gives readers a peek behind the scenes of the Internet industry. He explores the underlying...
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| Summary: | "Digital Mythologies asks hard questions about where information technology is taking us. Through anecdotes drawn from his experiences as former editor-in-chief of Telecommunications magazine, the author gives readers a peek behind the scenes of the Internet industry. He explores the underlying social and political implications of the Net and its associated technologies, based on his contention that the cyberspace experience is far more complex than is commonly assumed. Valovic explores these hidden complexities, and points to fascinating connections between the Internet and our contemporary culture."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Physical Description: | XV, 219 S. |
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Autor: Valovic, Thomas
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Contents
Preface ix
¦ Virtual Dreams-
Virtual Folklore: Breaking the News about the Internet 4
Point of No Return: Crossing the Virtual Threshold 11
When Cultures Collide: The Internet versus the
Great Conversation 22
Internet Economics: The Complex Synergies of Wealth
Creation 26
The Evolutionary Implications of the Internet 33
Notes from Santa Fe: The Internet as a Complex Adaptive
System 3 7
——Virtual Nightmares —— 41
Work, Leisure, and the Overthrow of Matter 42
Tube Time: Power Cocooning for Fun and Profit 47
Quality of Information: The Human Bandwidth Problem 50
Information Overload: A Challenge for Human Productivity? 54
The Electronic Agora and the Death of History 60
Interiority: Our Most Precious Natural Resource 64
Electronic Mediation and Technological Dependency 71
The Psychopathology of Online Life 74
Yellow Alert: Massive System Vulnerability 81
viii Contents
—— The EleCtrOniC Polity w*mmmmmmmm*m*-m~mmmmmm~-mm. 87
The Complexities of Role and Identity in Cyberspace 88
Spin Doctors Invade Net—Film at Eleven 96
The Strange Obscurantism of the Virtual World 107
Virtual Schmoozing: The Ever Popular Cocktail Party Effect 114
A Postmodern Dilemma: Are All Ideas Created Equal? 118
The Myth of Electronic Democracy: A Reality Check 121
—— Digital Culture .......................... ¦ .......................... 133
Why Wired Is Tired: The Transformation of Technology
into Culture 134
Random Thoughts on the Denning Works of Cyberculture 147
The New Media: Tossing Out the Rules 156
The Internet and Spirituality: A Strange Brew Indeed 161
The EFF and Net Politics: Technocracy in the Making? 166
Telecom Unchained: Privatizing the Public Network 171
—— Science, Culture, and the Internet..................... 177
Is Science Our National Religion? 178
Back to the Future: Science Fiction as Mythology 182
Mediated Society: The Cybersomething That Lies
beyond Gesellschaft 187
Orwell Reconsidered: The Paradox of Decentralization 197
Is Cyberspace a Trojan Horse for Technocracy? 202
Science, Spirituality, and the Crisis of Epistemology 205
Notes 213
Bibliography 215
Index 217
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