Subj : the tangled web we weave
To   : All
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed May 12 2021 08:51 am

Hello All!

From the back cover of:

 The Tangled Web We Weave: Inside The Shadow System That Shapes
 the Internet | Hardcover

We all see what the internet does and increasingly don't like  
it, but do we know how and more importantly who makes it work  
that way? That's where the real power lays...

The internet was supposed to be a thing of revolutions. As that
dream curdles, there is no shortage of villains to blame--from
tech giants to Russian bot farms. But what if the problem is
not an issue of bad actors ruining a good thing? What if the
hazards of the internet are built into the system itself?

That's what journalist James Ball argues as he takes us to the
root of the problem, from the very establishment of the
internet's earliest protocols to the cables that wire it
together. He shows us how the seemingly abstract and pervasive
phenomenon is built on a very real set of materials and rules
that are owned, financed, designed and regulated by very real
people.

In this urgent and necessary book, Ball reveals that the
internet is not a neutral force but a massive infrastructure
that reflects the society that created it. And making it work
for--and not against--us must be an endeavor of the people as
well.

 The Tangled Web We Weave: Inside The Shadow System That Shapes
 the Internet | Hardcover
 James Ball
 Melville House | Melville
 House Computers / Internet / Political Science / Public Policy
 - Science & Technology Policy / Law / Computer & Internet
 Published Oct 6, 2020 $27.99 US / $35.99 CA
 272 pages | 6.20" x 9.29"

https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=1612198996
Excerpt - CLICK TO READ available

Comparable Titles
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 $17.95 USD

 [2] Tubes
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 5/29/2012
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 [3] Networks of New York
 BURRINGTON INGRID
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 8/30/2016
 $19.99 USD

 [4] The Soul of A New Machine
 Kidder, Tracy
 Back Bay Books - Paperback, Computers
 6/1/2000
 $16.99 USD

AVAILABLE were all fine books are sold.
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