About this title: Zittrain's extraordinary book pieces together the engine that has catapulted the Internet ecosystem into the prominence it has today--and explains that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Date Published: 2009-03-17
ISBN-13:9780300151244ISBN:0300151241
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 2009
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Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780141031590ISBN:014103159X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 316 pages. Explores the dangers the inter*n*e*t* faces if it fails to balance ever more tightly controlled technologies with the flow of innovation that has generated so much progress in the field of technology. illustrations (Paperback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Date Published: 2008-04-14
ISBN-13:9780300124873ISBN:0300124872
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 2008
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780300144772ISBN:0300144776
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 2008-04-14
ISBN-13:9780300124873ISBN:0300124872
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780300151244ISBN:0300151241
Description: New. Zittrain's extraordinary book pieces together the engine that has catapulted the Internet ecosystem into the prominence it has today--and explains that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. read more
"This book is incredibly dense and slow paced. I got to page 78 and couldn't bear to read any more... so maybe I missed the magic. Either the book is not geared towards me (professional engineer, been working on web sites for 12 years, very interested in most all matters web), or I'm just not smart enough. Either way, I'm done with it."
"I want to read this again (probably online), to reabsorb some of the lessons and get a sense of whether I have any part to play in the landscape as it moves forward. (ugh, mixed metaphor roundup!) This is the other book that I read after seeing its author at SXSWi '09, and in this case, his presentation was on the same topic of the book. So there was a lot that felt familiar, but with more depth and nuance.
"Generativity" is the central metaphor of the book: what allows for it and what are its consequences. It's a useful construct for understanding a wide variety of phenomenon, from the beginning of the PC to the current technology landscape.
I read someplace recently that most books about the culture of the internet are either optimists or pessimists, and I'd agree with that sentiment generally. What strikes me about Zittrain is that he takes a reasonable middle approach: here's the awesome parts, here's how that leads to something scary, here's something insane that could happen as a reaction, here's some ways we could work ourselves out of it. I like that."
"Full of fascinating information about the recent history of, well, information. I had a difficult time accepting the thesis, however, that the Internet is poised for a command-and-control lockdown."
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