| Description |
xi, 240 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
In Overconnected, Bill Davidow explains how the almost miraculous success of the Internet in connecting the world through the Worldwide Web has also created a unique set of hazards, in effect overconnecting us, with the direst of consequences |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-226) and index |
| Subject |
Internet -- Economic aspects.
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Internet -- Social aspects.
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Internet.
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| ISBN |
1883285461 |
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9781883285463 (hbk.) |
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