Overconnected : (Record no. 17440)
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ISBN | |
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International Standard Book Number | 9780755362288 |
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Call number | 303.48 DA OV |
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL AUTHOR | |
Authors | Davidow, William H. |
TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Overconnected : |
Subtitle | the promise and threat of the internet / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | William H. Davidow. |
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication | London : |
Publisher | Headline Business Plus, |
Date | c2011. |
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | xi, 240 p. ; |
Size | 22 cm. |
GENERAL NOTE | |
General note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
SUMMARY | |
Summary | In OVERCONNECTED, Bill Davidow explains how the almost miraculous success of the Internet in connecting the world through the Worldwide Web has also created a unique set of hazards, in effect overconnecting us, with the direst of consequences. The benefits of our recently arrived-at state of connectivity have been myriad from the ease with which it has been possible to buy a new house to the convenience of borrowing and investing money profitably. But the luxuries of the connected age have taken on a momentum all of their own. By counter-intuitively anatomizing how being overconnected tends to create systems of positive feedback that have largely negative consequences, Davidow explains everything from the recent Subprime mortgage crisis to the meltdown of Iceland, from the loss of people's privacy to the spectacular fall of the stock market. All because we were so miraculously wired together. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Heading | Information technology |
General | Social aspects. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Heading | Internet |
General | Social aspects. |
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://uowd.box.com/s/7shsw2ifqp1pvqkmk4w1c0e2h7u4k4te">https://uowd.box.com/s/7shsw2ifqp1pvqkmk4w1c0e2h7u4k4te</a> |
Public note | Location Map |
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL AUTHOR | |
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SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
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SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
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Date last seen | Full call number | Barcode | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Withdrawn status | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition |
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26/01/2017 | 303.48 DA OV | T0043306 | 85.00 | 26/01/2017 | REGULAR | Dewey Decimal Classification | University of Wollongong in Dubai | University of Wollongong in Dubai | Main Collection | 18/07/2011 | Kinokuniya |