Excerpts from How Not to Network a Nation: The Uneasy History of the Soviet Internet
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Peer2Politics
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on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
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This excerpt has been reprinted with permission from 1995: The Year the Future Began¸ by W. Joseph Campbell and published by the University of California Press, 2015. 
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In the late Nineteenth Century, human curiosity turned inward, to the smallest of particles: the atom. Scientists deduced general principles about the physical world from the behavior of the atom’s composite parts, the nucleus and the electrons surrounding it. The nucleus was nearly indecipherable, and nuclear science, an entire complex discipline, is named for it. Electrons were easier to manipulate in the laboratory. They were the dopey dog that could be trained to do tricks.
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Over the last 200 years, the world has experienced several waves of innovation, which successful companies learned to navigate. The Industrial Revolution brought machines and factories that powered economies of scale and scope, making a profound impact on society and the culture of the world. With the Internet Revolution we have seen the rise of computing power, information sharing and data networks, fundamentally changing the way we connect (on whatever device).
Deb Nystrom, REVELN's curator insight,
October 6, 2013 11:04 AM
We still have many Industrial Age mindsets to overcome in business. This piece helps us look at how we can and are adapting. ~ D |
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The browser wars have always been cyclical, moving from periods of monoculture dominated by one or two browsers to periods of comparative competition..
Amy Millican's curator insight,
March 9, 2015 9:48 AM
We all know of our modern browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome, but do we know how difficult it was in the very beginning? For example, you had to create your own rendering engine! Technology has come a long way, and since 2005 web browser creators have "had it easy" having to only build a browser, get some traction, do a search deal, etc. In this article you'll extend your knowledge of the internet browser and how it's come to be.
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Authors Kevin Cooke and Dan Lehrer accurately foresaw in 1993 the debate over net neutrality we’re having today.
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In response to fears about diminished privacy, some programmers want to make the Internet more like it used to be.
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