Why the Net Matters

· Canongate Books
4.7
3 reviews
Ebook
108
Pages

About this ebook

The advent of the internet has been one of the most significant technological developments in history. In this thought-provoking and groundbreaking work David Eagleman, author of international bestseller SUM, presents six ways in which the net saves us from major existential threats: epidemics, poor information flow, natural disasters, political corruption, resource depletion and economic meltdown.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
3 reviews
A Google user
March 12, 2012
A must read for anyone who wants to understand the large scale consequences of the advent of the Net.

About the author

David Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine, where he directs the Laboratory for Perception and Actions as well as the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law. His scientific research is published in journals from Science to Nature, and his neuroscience books include: Live-Wired: The Shapeshifting Plasticity of the Brain; Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia; and Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain (Canongate 2011). He is also the author of an internationally bestselling book of fiction, Sum: Tales from the Afterlives (Canongate 2009).

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