Comments on: Best books about the digital, the web & culture?

By: Philosophy Books

Philosophy Books — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:45:45 +0000

Examine and analyse the impact of digital media on our culture". Philosophy Books

By: qmpoau

qmpoau — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:43:25 +0000

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By: Philosophy

Philosophy — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:23:47 +0000

They are actual MP3 audio files of the original recording. Philosophy

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:15:03 +0000

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.

By: Michael Nielsen

Michael Nielsen — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:34:26 +0000

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”.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:37:08 +0000

On any list like this I still believe Howard Rheingoldâ€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.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:35:38 +0000

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.