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Wired for thought : how the brain is shaping the future of the Internet

Title
Wired for thought : how the brain is shaping the future of the Internet / Jeffrey M. Stibel ; with the collaboration of Erik Calonius and Peter Delgrosso.
Author
Stibel, Jeffrey M.
Publication
  • Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Press, [2009]
  • ©2009

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Additional Authors
  • Calonius, Erik
  • Delgrosso, Peter
Description
xxxi, 202 pages : illustrations, map; 25 cm
Summary
The Internet is more than just a series of interconnected computer networks: it's the first real replication of the human brain outside the human body. To leverage its power, you first need to understand how the Internet has evolved to take on similarities to the brain. This engaging and provocative book provides the answer.
Subject
  • Internet
  • Thought and thinking
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Brain-computer interfaces
  • thinking
  • artificial intelligence
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Brain-computer interfaces
  • Internet
  • Thought and thinking
  • Gehirn-Computer-Schnittstelle
  • Gehirn
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface: BrainGate -- Introduction: the Internet is a brain -- The thinking machine -- Darwin's cloud -- A wise guess -- Too much of a good thing -- Creative destruction -- A web of neurons -- Searching for the right words -- The limits of networks -- The social networks -- The new rules of the brain, business, and beyond -- A ghost on the Web -- Epilogue: the brain of the new machine.
ISBN
  • 9781422146644
  • 1422146642
LCCN
2009007984
OCLC
  • ocn276335196
  • 276335196
  • SCSB-9304602
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library