I N F O - E C O - B O O K L I S T - Doors of Perception 3 (1995)
Being Digital
author: Negroponte, Nicholas P.
publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1995
language: English text
pages: 231 pp.
tip from: John Thackara
isbn: 0-679-43919-6
category: 1 - Information / Technology
Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living. Bits, `the DNA of information', are rapidly replacing atoms as the basic commodity of human interaction. Nicholas Negroponte, who is one of Wired magazine's most popular columnists, shows us the dramatic effects of this change. The difference between a television screen and a computer screen becomes one of mere size. The formerl`mass' media evolve into a personalized two-way street of communication. Information is no longer `pushed' at `consumers'. Instead, people or their digital agents "pull" and help create the specific information they need. The revolution in information technology will liberate computers from the confines of keyboards and screens into objects we talk to, drive with, touch, or even wear. These changes will fundamentally alter how we learn, how we work, how we entertain ourselves - in short, how we live. New York
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