Full name: Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web

Author: David Weinberger Year: 2002 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780738208503 0738208507

In this insightful social commentary, David Weinberger goes beyond misdirected hype to reveal what is truly revolutionary about the Web. Just as Marshall McLuhan forever altered our view of broadcast media, Weinberger shows that the Web is transforming not only social institutions but also bedrock concepts of our world such as space, time, self, knowledge-even reality itself. Through stories of life on the Web, a unique take on Web sites, and a pervasive sense of humor, Weinberger is the first to put the Web into the social and intellectual context we need to begin assessing its true impact on our lives. The irony, according to Weinberger, is that this seemingly weird new technology is more in tune with our authentic selves than is the modern world. Funny, provocative, and ultimately hopeful, Small Pieces Loosely Joined makes us look at the Web as never before. Similar books: Rule the Web by Mark Frauenfelder The Net Delusion by Evgeny Morozov Consent of the Networked by Rebecca MacKinnon The Internet Is Not the Answer by Andrew Keen The Filter Bubble by Eli Pariser Click by Bill Tancer Tubes by Andrew Blum Where Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie Hafner The Dark Net by Jamie Bartlett The People's Platform by Astra Taylor Fervent by Priscilla Shirer The Amazing Book is Not on Fire by Dan Howell The Adventurous Eaters Club by Misha Collins The C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad Food For Free by Richard Mabey All That the Rain Promises and More by David Arora Code Complete by Steve McConnell Destiny of Souls by Michael Newton A Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara G. Walker