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What Just Happened James Gleick

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What Just Happened James Gleick


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Zusammenfassung

A chronicle of the decade that gives us a unique perspective on the technology that has re-arranged our world.

What Just Happened Zusammenfassung

What Just Happened: A Chronicle from the Information Frontier James Gleick

We are quick to acknowledge that our lives have been transformed by technology over the last ten years - that virtual reality has become as permanent a fixture in our lives as material reality; but the arrival of the electronic world over the last ten years was not a single invention, nor a single event; it could not be encompassed in a single moment. The last ten years can be characterized in three ways: the speed, the hysteria and the remarkable range of devices, aspects, and larger ramifications of what happened. Everyone knows about the accelerated pace of our lives. Everyone recognizes that the clamour has become unprecedented, but as much as we have all lived through the last ten years, it is hard to grasp the extent and expanse of what has happened. In 'Bits in the Ether', Jim Gleick sets down in chronological order the swirling bits and pieces of change: the new gadgets and the old that now have been given new power and new life - the resources - how the old resources have suddenly been enlivened by instant availability.

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'What Just happened is a book of previously published essays by the author of Chaos and Faster is an eclectic chronicle of the information revolution's first 10 years. The last decade of the twentieth century came as a surprise, writes James Gleick. What Just Happened shows how surprising it was: in the book's first piece, from 1992, Gleick notes that a relatively small number of personal computer users use Windows. (He's a good sport about it, too, poking fun at himself in an introduction for making such an obsolete observation.) A longish piece on Microsoft from 1995 seems to correct the problem when Gleick comments on the ever-advancing boundary of Microsoft's Windows package. Then it goes on to get something really right: Microsoft's own power poses a threat, too--the threat that comes with the self-fulfilling destiny of any monopolist. That's a prescient observation, considering the antitrust actions taken against the company since those words were written. The closing chapter of the book is fascinating and forward-looking; it's not about what just happened but what may happen. Gleick anticipates the appearance of wristwatches containing biometric information about your loved ones, so you can see how your parents are doing. If that doesn't sound exciting enough, consider this prediction: One can even imagine properly functional motor-vehicle offices. Now that's something to look forward to.' - John Miller, Amazon.co.uk

Über James Gleick

Gleick is the author of 'Chaos', 'Genius' and 'Faster'.

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What Just Happened: A Chronicle from the Information Frontier James Gleick
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Little, Brown Book Group
20020704
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