Silicon Snake Oil by Clifford Stoll
Second Thoughts on the Information Highway
A contrarian, skeptical examination of the Internet boom that argues the hype far outstrips practical benefits: many promises of online shopping, education, communities, and instant information are overstated or premature, technology cannot replace face-to-face human interaction, and problems like security, privacy, misinformation, limited bandwidth, and commercialization will blunt the utopian visions; readers are urged to apply common sense and caution rather than blind faith in digital panaceas.
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- 1995
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