Prometheus Wired

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Prometheus Wired by Barney, Darin, 9780774807968
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  • ISBN: 9780774807968 | 0774807962
  • Cover: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 8/1/2000

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"A sensational book."-ChoiceConventional wisdom suggests that the Internet will reinvigorate democracy by providing citizens with both information and a platform for free expression and grass roots action. But is the conventional wisdom correct? Darin Barney looks from the philosophical canon to contemporary issues in e-commerce, telecommuting, and digital surveillance, and comes to a surprising conclusion: digital networks seem to be exacerbating the worst features of industrial capitalism.