Dimensions
130 x 197 x 16mm
Second Thoughts on the Information Highway.
The information highway: this computer utopia is said to educate, entertain, and inform. It will supply us with vast amounts of information, put us in close touch with one another, and turn our fractious world into a global village. And yet . . .
In this ground-breaking book Clifford Stoll asks: when do the networks really educate, and when are they simply diversions from learning? Is electronic mail useful, or might it be so much electronic noise? Why do online services promise so much, yet deliver so little? What makes computers so universally frustrating?
This is the first book that intelligently questions where the Internet is leading us and looks at our network as it is, not as it's promised to be. Anyone concerned with computers and our future will find it startling, wholly original, and ultimately wise.
