Stefik, Mark,

The internet edge : social, legal, and technological challenges for a networked world / Mark Stefik. - xviii, 320 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Internet Edge: Change and Connections -- The Portable Network: Away from the Desktop and into the World -- The Digital Wallet and the Copyright Box: The Coining Arms Race in Trusted Systems -- The Bit and the Pendulum: Balancing the Interests of Stakeholders in Digital Publishing -- Focusing the Light: Making Sense in the Information Explosion -- The Next Knowledge Medium: Networks and Knowledge Ecologies -- The Edge of Chaos: Coping with Rapid Change -- The Digital Keyhole: Privacy Rights and Trusted Systems -- Strangers in the Net: Access, Diversity, and Borders -- Indistinguishable from Magic: The Real, the Magic, and the Virtual -- Epilogue: The Next Edge and Discovering Ourselves -- About the Author -- References -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Credits -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

026219418X 9780262194181

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Internet--Social aspects.
Computers and civilization
Information society.

HM851 / .S74 1999

303.4834