Collective Intelligence - Couverture souple

Levy, Pierre

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0738202614 ISBN 13 : 9780738202617

Editeur : Basic Books, 1999

Synopsis

Collective Intelligence The number of travellers along the information superhighway is increasing at a rate of 10 percent a month. Pierre Levy shows how the exchange of ideas in cyberspace has the potential to liberate us from the social and political hierarchies that have stood in the way of mankind's advancement. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The number of travelers along the information superhighway is increasing at a rate of 10 percent a month. How will this communications revolution affect our culture and society? Pierre Lévy shows how the unfettered exchange of ideas in cyberspace has the potential to liberate us from the social and political hierarchies that have stood in the way of mankind's advancement.Anthropologist, historian, sociologist, and philosopher, Lévy writes with a depth of scholarship and imaginative insight rare among media critics. At once a profound historical analysis of the development of human culture and a blueprint for the future, Collective Intelligence is a visionary work.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Pierre Lévy is a professor in the Department of Hypermedia at the University of Paris-VIII, scientific advisor to the TriVium company, and member of the advisory board of the Pompidou Center's Virtual Review. He holds advanced degrees in sociology, the history of science, and the sciences of information and communication, and has published numerous works in French on new technologies.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0738202614
• ISBN 13: 9780738202617
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 312