Blown to Bits
Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion
Book Details
| Authors | Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, Harry Lewis |
| Publisher | Addison-Wesley |
| Published | 2008 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Paperback | 384 pages |
| Language | English |
| ISBN-13 | 9780137135592 |
| ISBN-10 | 0137135599 |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike |
Book Description
For thousands of years, people have claimed that the world is changing and will never be the same again. Yet the profound transformations occurring today are fundamentally different, as they stem from a specific technological advancement.
It is now possible, in principle, to preserve everything anyone says, writes, sings, draws, or photographs - everything. If digitized, the world possesses sufficient storage capacity to save it all, as long as civilization continues to produce computers and hard drives. Global networks can make this information accessible everywhere, almost instantly. Moreover, computers are powerful enough to extract meaning from this vast amount of data, identifying patterns and connections in the blink of an eye.
Currently, governments and other societal institutions are determining how to utilize these new possibilities. Every individual plays a role in this process as they make decisions for themselves, their families, and their colleagues. Everyone needs to understand how their own lives and the world around them are being reshaped by this explosion of digital information. Everyone should be aware of how these decisions will impact their future, as well as the lives of their children, grandchildren, and all who come after them.
This is why the authors wrote this book.
This book is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license (CC BY-NC-SA), which means that you are free to copy, distribute, and modify it, as long as you credit the original author, don't use it for commercial purposes, and share any adaptations under the same license.
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