Webtopia: The Worldwide Wreck of Tech and How to Make the Net Work.
by Lewis, Peter
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 1742236359
- ISBN 13
- 9781742236353
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About This Item
Sydney, Kensington: NewSouth Publishing, 2019. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. 476 pp. Peter Lewis, executive director of Essential, a progressive survey, research and communications company, explains how the web was supposed to transform our world.The arrival of the internet promised a utopian, creative and democratic future that would break down traditional institutions and replace them with exciting collaborative networks. But 20 years on the world seems more divided and more distracted than ever, and it is this amazing technology that lies at the heart of many of our most pressing problems. Peter Lewis draws from his own pre- and post-tech experience and conversations with entrepreneurs, politicians, pastors, parents, teachers and journalists to argue that technology itself is not the problem. Humans are. If we can fix our relationship with technology, it will be easier to fix our relationships with each other in an increasingly fragmenting world. Riveting, engaging and wise, this book traces our digital journey to this crisis point and, fearlessly, marks out a better route for the future.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18053
- Title
- Webtopia: The Worldwide Wreck of Tech and How to Make the Net Work.
- Author
- Lewis, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1742236359
- ISBN 13
- 9781742236353
- Publisher
- NewSouth Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Sydney, Kensington
- Date Published
- 2019
- Keywords
- technology, internet, media, social media
- Bookseller catalogs
- TECHNOLOGY & COMPUTERS;
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- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...