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Comments on: Best books about the digital, the web & culture? https://hughmcguire.net/2010/06/03/best-books-about-the-digital-the-web-culture/ aging idealist. ai and education, open web, open publishing. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:45:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Philosophy Books https://hughmcguire.net/2010/06/03/best-books-about-the-digital-the-web-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-9609 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:45:45 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2010/06/03/best-books-about-the-digital-the-web-culture/#comment-9609 Examine and analyse the impact of digital media on our culture”. Philosophy Books

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By: qmpoau https://hughmcguire.net/2010/06/03/best-books-about-the-digital-the-web-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-9576 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:43:25 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2010/06/03/best-books-about-the-digital-the-web-culture/#comment-9576 ptcpilvrtjlyfuindrtajqkllynueh

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By: Philosophy https://hughmcguire.net/2010/06/03/best-books-about-the-digital-the-web-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-9516 Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:23:47 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2010/06/03/best-books-about-the-digital-the-web-culture/#comment-9516 They are actual MP3 audio files of the original recording. Philosophy

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By: Michael https://hughmcguire.net/2010/06/03/best-books-about-the-digital-the-web-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-9468 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:15:03 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2010/06/03/best-books-about-the-digital-the-web-culture/#comment-9468 Anything / everything by neal stephenson. :) Especially “in the beginning was the command line”. And Julian Dibbell’s “A Rape in Cyberspace” – less because of the meaning of the “virtual” assualt and more because of the reflections on governance.

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By: Michael Nielsen https://hughmcguire.net/2010/06/03/best-books-about-the-digital-the-web-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-9452 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:34:26 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2010/06/03/best-books-about-the-digital-the-web-culture/#comment-9452 Mancur Olson’s “The Logic of Collective Action” (1965) and Elinor Ostrom’s “Governing the Commons” (1990) are great books about collective behaviour. They’re not literally about the web, but they certainly help understand it.

Aside from the Benkler and Lessig books you mention, I very much like Clay Shirky’s “Here Comes Everybody” and Cass Sunstein’s “Infotopia”.

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By: Michael https://hughmcguire.net/2010/06/03/best-books-about-the-digital-the-web-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-9451 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:37:08 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2010/06/03/best-books-about-the-digital-the-web-culture/#comment-9451 s The Virtual Community should occupy a prominent spot. Much of what he wrote in 1993 (and revisited in 2000) is still very pertinent - maybe more so, in that it seems that many people have forgotten lessons that were learned decades ago.]]> On any list like this I still believe Howard Rheingold’s The Virtual Community should occupy a prominent spot. Much of what he wrote in 1993 (and revisited in 2000) is still very pertinent – maybe more so, in that it seems that many people have forgotten lessons that were learned decades ago.

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By: Michael https://hughmcguire.net/2010/06/03/best-books-about-the-digital-the-web-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-9450 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:35:38 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2010/06/03/best-books-about-the-digital-the-web-culture/#comment-9450 On any list like this I still believe Howard Rheingold’s The Virtual Community should occupy a prominent spot. Much of what we wrote in 1993 (and revisited in 2000) is still very apt.

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