Research Catalog

Title

Overconnected : the promise and threat of the Internet / William H. Davidow.

Author

Davidow, William H.

Publication

Harrison, N.Y. : Delphinium Books, ©2011.

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Details

Description

xi, 240 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Argues that the success of the Internet and World Wide Web has also brought about a variety of unique hazards, including being overconnected, which has a negative impact on economics, politics, and one's day-to-day life.

Alternative Title

• Over connected
• Promise and threat of the Internet

Subject

• 2000-2099
• Privacy, Right of
• Financial crises > History > 21st century
• Internet > Social aspects
• Internet > Economic aspects
• Internet
• Financial crises
• Internet
• World Wide Web
• Mensch-Maschine-Kommunikation
• Risiko

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-226) and index.

Contents

Introduction : new lessons from the Internet -- What the steam engine can teach us about the Internet -- Overconnectivity and surprises -- How overconnectivity can both make us and break us -- Expect more accidents and contagions -- The ghost in our midst -- Why the Internet is accident-prone -- From fishing to finance -- How the Internet tricked Iceland -- Positive feedback and horrendous financial crashes -- How the Internet supercharged the subprime crisis -- Positive feedback and information efficiency at work -- How overconnectivity stole your privacy -- Everything is interconnected, part I -- Everything is interconnected, part II -- What now? -- What now, continued : Katrina, Social Security, and a tribe of aborigines.

ISBN

• 9781883285463
• 1883285461

LCCN

2012288992

OCLC

• ocn666235124
• 666235124
• SCSB-9615029

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library