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.
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