Collective intelligence : mankind's emerging world in cyberspace / Pierre Lévy ; translated from French by Robert Bononno.
The number of travelers along the information superhighway is increasing at a rate of ten percent a month. How will this communications revolution affect our culture and society? Though awed by their potential, we've feared computers as agents of the further alienation of modern man: they take...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English French |
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New York :
Plenum Trade,
[1997]
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| Summary: | The number of travelers along the information superhighway is increasing at a rate of ten percent a month. How will this communications revolution affect our culture and society? Though awed by their potential, we've feared computers as agents of the further alienation of modern man: they take away our jobs, minimize direct human contact, even shake our faith in the unique power of the human brain. Pierre Levy believes, however, that rather than creating a society where machines rule man, the technology of cyberspace will have a humanizing influence on us, and foster the emergence of a "collective intelligence" - a meeting of minds on the Internet - that will validate the contributions of the individual. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: L'intelligence collective. |
| Physical Description: | xxviii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-268) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0306456354 9780306456350 |