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  1. Visit 'Thanks, Gutenberg - but we're too pressed for time to read' John Naughton, The Observer, January 27 2008 'Thanks, Gutenberg - but we're too pressed for time to read' John Naughton, The Observer, January 27 2008

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/27/internet.pressandpublishing?gusrc=rss

    [A a study by the British Library and researchers at University College London concluded that] 'It is clear', says the study, 'that users are not reading online in the traditional sense, indeed there are signs that new forms of "reading" are emerg… More

  2. Visit 'A founding father of the web says it's come a long way, but its potential for worldwide change can and will be greater still' Vint Cerf, The Observer, August 17 2008 'A founding father of the web says it's come a long way, but its potential for worldwide change can and will be greater still' Vint Cerf, The Observer, August 17 2008

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/17/internet.google

    The internet is still very young... Nicholas Carr recently asked whether Google is making us stupider, while Doris Lessing's Nobel lecture last December included what many saw as an attack on the internet. ¶ Yet such a transformative technology is… More

  3. Visit 'How the Web Was Won: Entertainment & Culture' Keenan Mayo and Peter Newcomb, Vanity Fair, July 2008 'How the Web Was Won: Entertainment & Culture' Keenan Mayo and Peter Newcomb, Vanity Fair, July 2008

    http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/07/internet200807

    "Fifty years ago, in response to the surprise Soviet launch of Sputnik, the U.S. military set up the Advanced Research Projects Agency. It would become the cradle of connectivity, spawning the era of Google and YouTube, of Amazon and Facebook, of … More

  4. Visit 'Interview with Vint Cerf' Cal Fussman, Esquire, April 24, 2008. 'Interview with Vint Cerf' Cal Fussman, Esquire, April 24, 2008.

    http://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/vint-cerf-0508

    Al Gore had seen what happened with the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956, which his father introduced as a military bill. It was very powerful. Housing went up, suburban boom happened, everybody became mobile. Al was attuned to… More

  5. Visit 'Is the Information Revolution Dead? If history is a guide, it is not' W. Brian Arthur, Business 2.0, March 2002 'Is the Information Revolution Dead? If history is a guide, it is not' W. Brian Arthur, Business 2.0, March 2002

    http://www.santafe.edu/~wbarthur/recentpapers.html

    "After 1850, railways become the engine of the economy in Britain... Railways and canals, like the Internet, are connection technologies... as such they are natural monopolies [and only one connection can exist]... But an eerie resemblance to even… More

  6. Visit 'Why Tech is Still the Future' Brian W Arthur, Fortune, November 24, 2003 'Why Tech is Still the Future' Brian W Arthur, Fortune, November 24, 2003

    http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/11/24/353778/index.htm

    It seems almost irresponsible to say so, in this sober post-bubble age. But the information revolution really is leading us into decades of prosperity. The strength of the American economy over the next 20 years depends largely on our ability to k… More

  7. Visit 'Sputnik: when American fears went into orbit' James Woudhuysen, spiked, 4 October 2007. 'Sputnik: when American fears went into orbit' James Woudhuysen, spiked, 4 October 2007.

    http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/3926/

    [On the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik.] With Sputnik... US hubris evaporated. For all its massive lead in military matters, American political psychology proved enormously vulnerable. ¶ We need to remember all these things today. The m… More

  8. Visit Interview 'Technology and Its Discontents' Edward Baker, strategy+business, 31/7/07 Interview 'Technology and Its Discontents' Edward Baker, strategy+business, 31/7/07

    http://www.strategy-business.com/li/leadingideas/li00036

    [Interview with Professor David Edgerton, author of 'The Shock of the Old'.] [Edgerton] argues for a new view of the history of technology... Such a history would reveal, he says, that many of the fastest-growing countries of the 20th century, suc… More

  9. Visit Book review 'Let technology set you free' James Heartfield, spiked review of books, Issue #2, June 2007 Book review 'Let technology set you free' James Heartfield, spiked review of books, Issue #2, June 2007

    http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/reviewofbooks_article/3516/

    In today’s Technology Wars, the techophobes of the New Left have emerged victorious over the technophiles of the Cold War era – and that is bad indeed for humanity. Reviews 'The Shock of the Old: Technology in Global History Since 1900' David Edge… More

  10. Visit The ideas interview: David Edgerton, John Sutherland, Guardian, August 1, 2006 The ideas interview: David Edgerton, John Sutherland, Guardian, August 1, 2006

    http://education.guardian.co.uk/academicexperts/story/0,,1834799,00.html

    "The important idea [says Edgerton] is that we must rethink what we mean and understand by the term 'technology'. When we picture it we typically focus on innovation. The new. We think of one-way, progressive timelines, dates of 'invention' and 'f… More

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