On 1/1/2014 10:01 AM, Amirouche Boubekki wrote:
I stumbled on Culture and Empire a few days ago and I've been reading
it since then. I'm not finished yet. It's insigthful, smart and
provocative. It bridge past, present and future. I will put it in my
armory *ahem* library between Fundation and The Cathedral and the
Bazaar until I read Present Shock. This is the book you want, need and
will read this year if any.
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Chapter 1. Magic Machines
Far away, in a different place, a civilization called Culture had
taken seed, and was growing. It owned little except a magic spell
called Knowledge.
In this chapter, I’ll examine how the Internet is changing our
society. It’s happening quickly. The most significant changes have
occurred during just the last 10 years or so. More and more of our
knowledge about the world and other people is transmitted and stored
digitally. What we know and who we know are moving out of our minds
and into databases. These changes scare many people, whereas in fact
they contain the potential to free us, empowering us to improve
society in ways that were never before possible.
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http://cultureandempire.com/
The entire book appears to be free and online with a liberal licence
"Free to share and remix under CC-BY-SA-3.0"
so this is not a commercial ad. I am reading it now.
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