The Internet Edge: Social, Technical, and Legal Challenges for a Networked WorldMIT Press, 2000 - 320 pages This book is an eagle's eye view of the Internet edge. It is about the experiences of those who encountered similar issues as they built precursors to the Net such as videotext, teletext, and the Source. Sometimes when we face change, we feel conflicting forces driving us forward and pulling us back. This place of tension and confusion can be called an "edge." The "Internet edge" is our collective struggle to change as the world becomes more connected. Turmoil at the Internet edge occurs around interacting social, legal, and technological realms. Examples include issues of online privacy, censorship, digital copyright, and untaxed business competition over the Net. Such issues reflect conflicts between values--local and global, individual and corporate, democratic and nondemocratic. This book is an eagle's eye view of the Internet edge. It is about the experiences of those who encountered similar issues as they built precursors to the Net such as videotext, teletext, and the Source. It is about the trends in technology that will make the Net of the next few years a very different experience from the desktop surfing of today. Finally, it is about how old myths of magic, power, and control can help us to understand our fascination with and fear of new technologies. |
Contents
The Internet Edge Change and Connections | xvii |
The Portable Network Away from the Desktop and into the World | 15 |
The Digital Wallet and the Copyright Box The Coming Arms Race in Trusted Systems | 53 |
The Bit and the Pendulum Balancing the Interests of Stakeholders in Digital Publishing | 77 |
Focusing the Light Making Sense in the Information Explosion | 105 |
The Next Knowledge Medium Networks and Knowledge Ecologies | 131 |
The Edge of Chaos Coping with Rapid Change | 161 |
The Digital Keyhole Privacy Rights and Trusted Systems | 195 |
Indistinguishable from Magic The Real the Magic and the Virtual | 251 |
The Next Edge and Discovering Ourselves | 285 |
About the Author | 289 |
References | 291 |
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Credits | 309 |
Index | 311 |
Strangers in the Net Access Diversity and Borders | 231 |
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The Internet Edge: Social, Legal, and Technological Challenges for a ... Mark Stefik No preview available - 1999 |