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Overconnected
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Overconnected

The Promise and Threat of the Internet

Delphinium, 2011 更多详情


Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Eye Opening

Recommendation

This original presentation covers the history, benefits, problems and possible solutions associated with the Internet’s expansion. Venture capitalist and author William Davidow is a Silicon Valley insider who convincingly argues that global interconnectivity greatly stresses political and economic institutions’ ability to police the Internet. His examples illustrate that recent economic crashes – as well as invasions of privacy, identity hacking and the proliferation of pornography – are all part of the Internet’s unregulated advance. Davidow warns that the Internet will impel bigger, more complex institutional breakdowns and economic manias, and that only increased government regulation can keep it in check. getAbstract recommends his cautionary report to those who study technology and those who use it.

Take-Aways

  • The Internet is the most effective communications mechanism in history.
  • About 1.9 billion people used the Web in 2010, stressing existing regulatory systems.
  • The Web generates rapid institutional change, which leads to instability, and it enables “overconnectivity,” which creates the chance of uncontrolled positive feedback.

About the Author

William H. Davidow, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, is the author of Marketing High Technology, Total Customer Service and The Virtual Corporation.


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