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From Gutenberg to Google and on to AI : The History of Our Future by Tom Wheeler (2024, Trade Paperback)
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From Gutenberg to Google and on to Ai : The History of Our Future, Paperback by Wheeler, Tom, ISBN 0815740611, ISBN-13 9780815740612, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US A former FCC chairman brings to life the two great network revolutions, the invention of the movable-type printing press and the telegraph, putting them into the perspective of today, when rapid changes are upending nearly every aspect of modern life and laying the foundation for a third network revolution. Reprint. Simultaneous .
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PublisherBrookings Institution Press
ISBN-100815740611
ISBN-139780815740612
eBay Product ID (ePID)5074291382
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Number of Pages320 Pages
Publication NameFrom Gutenberg to Google and on to Ai : the History of Our Future
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
SubjectEurope / Western, Networking / Intranets & Extranets, General, Social Aspects / Human-Computer Interaction
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
AuthorTom Wheeler
Subject AreaTransportation, Computers, History
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Reviews"Sometimes we have to take a step back in order to understand what's under our noses. With his entertaining account of three historical network revolutions, and the reactions they inspired, Tom Wheeler gives us the tools to understand the one we are living through today--and where it might take us tomorrow." --Tom Standage, author, The Victorian Internet "A fascinating review of 500 years of new technology and the challenges as well as opportunities of technological change." --Steve Case, American entrepreneur, founder AOL "Tom Wheeler's From Gutenberg to Google contains page after page of insight about the unexpected ways in which technologies--from movable type and the telegraph to blockchain--have altered what we know and do. Drawing on his sure-footed command of the history of networks and from his time on the regulatory front lines, Wheeler has written a classic." --Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania "An entertaining and erudite tour of the great networks that have defined our civilization. Wheeler makes it clear that confronting the technological challenges of our time without the perspective provided by history is much like flying an airplane blindfolded." --Tim Wu, professor, Columbia Law School; author, The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires and The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads, Sometimes we have to take a step back in order to understand what's under our noses. With his entertaining account of three historical network revolutions, and the reactions they inspired, Tom Wheeler gives us the tools to understand the one we are living through today--and where it might take us tomorrow. -- Tom Standage, author, The Victorian Internet A fascinating review of 500 years of new technology and the challenges as well as opportunities of technological change. -- Steve Case, American entrepreneur, founder AOL Tom Wheeler's From Gutenberg to Google contains page after page of insight about the unexpected ways in which technologies--from movable type and the telegraph to blockchain--have altered what we know and do. Drawing on his sure-footed command of the history of networks and from his time on the regulatory front lines, Wheeler has written a classic. -- Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania An entertaining and erudite tour of the great networks that have defined our civilization. Wheeler makes it clear that confronting the technological challenges of our time without the perspective provided by history is much like flying an airplane blindfolded. -- Tim Wu, professor, Columbia Law School; author, The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires and The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
IllustratedYes
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
Table Of ContentContents: Acknowledgments Preface Prologue Part I: Perspective 1. Connections Have Consequences Part II: Predicates 2. The Original Information Revolution 3. The First High-Speed Network and the Death of Distance 4. The First Electronic Network and the End of Time Part III: The Road to Revolution 5. Computing Engines 6. Connected Computing 7. The Planets Most Powerful and Pervasive Platform Part IV: Our Turn 8. The History We Are Making 9. Connecting Forward Epilogue Notes Index
SynopsisThe two great Western technological revolutions of the past, the invention of movable type in the fifteenth century and the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century, changed the course of economies and societies and radically altered how humans interacted with each other and their world. In this updated edition of From Gutenberg to ......, The two great Western technological revolutions of the past, the invention of movable type in the fifteenth century and the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century, changed the course of economies and societies and radically altered how humans interacted with each other and their world. In this updated edition of From Gutenberg to Google, former FCC chairman Tom Wheeler takes up a still unfolding transformational revolution in twenty-first century technology: artificial intelligence. Building on insights on connectivity developed in the previous edition, Wheeler describes the enormous potential of this fast-expanding and powerful technology and highlights the urgent need for governments across the globe to regulate its use, both to limit opportunities for harm and to engage its capabilities for good., The two great Western technological revolutions of the past, the invention of movable type in the fifteenth century and the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century, changed the course of economies and societies and radically altered how humans interacted with each other and their world. In this updated edition of From Gutenberg to Google , former FCC chairman Tom Wheeler takes up a still unfolding transformational revolution in twenty-first century technology: artificial intelligence. Building on insights on connectivity developed in the previous edition, Wheeler describes the enormous potential of this fast-expanding and powerful technology and highlights the urgent need for governments across the globe to regulate its use, both to limit opportunities for harm and to engage its capabilities for good.
LC Classification NumberHE151.W44 2024
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