1 online resource (vi, 342 pages) : illustrations, digital, HTML and PDF files
Contents
pt. I. The rise and stall of the generative Net -- 1. Battle of the boxes -- 2. Battle of the networks -- 3. Cybersecurity and the generative dilemma -- pt. II. After the stall -- 4. The generative pattern -- 5. Tethered appliances, software as service, and perfect enforcement -- 6. The lessons of Wikipedia -- pt. III. Solutions -- 7. Stopping the future of the Internet : stability on a generative Net -- 8. Strategies for a generative future -- 9. Meeting the risks of generativity : Privacy 2.0
Summary
This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquityâ€"and reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative Internet is on a path
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-328) and index
