The Wired Society
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Long before the internet became a household word, James Martin saw what was coming. The Wired Society presents a bold and startlingly prescient vision of a world transformed by telecommunications technology, chronicling how the rapid expansion of computer networks and data transmission systems would fundamentally reshape the way human beings live, work, and govern themselves. Writing with the authority of a seasoned computer scientist and systems analyst, Martin argues that the convergence of telecommunications and computing is not merely a technical evolution but a civilisational shift — one with profound consequences for privacy, economics, urban planning, and democratic participation. Martin's style is rigorous yet accessible, grounding sweeping social prophecy in the technical realities of his era while consistently gesturing toward the long-term human implications of an always-connected world. Themes of information inequality, surveillance, and the restructuring of labour run throughout, rendering the work as intellectually urgent today as it was upon publication. For anyone seeking to understand the philosophical and sociological underpinnings of our modern digital existence, this volume remains an indispensable — and haunting — point of origin.
Author: James Martin
Format: Hardback
Genre: Society & culture
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Long before the internet became a household word, James Martin saw what was coming. The Wired Society presents a bold and startlingly prescient vision of a world transformed by telecommunications technology, chronicling how the rapid expansion of computer networks and data transmission systems would fundamentally reshape the way human beings live, work, and govern themselves. Writing with the authority of a seasoned computer scientist and systems analyst, Martin argues that the convergence of telecommunications and computing is not merely a technical evolution but a civilisational shift — one with profound consequences for privacy, economics, urban planning, and democratic participation. Martin's style is rigorous yet accessible, grounding sweeping social prophecy in the technical realities of his era while consistently gesturing toward the long-term human implications of an always-connected world. Themes of information inequality, surveillance, and the restructuring of labour run throughout, rendering the work as intellectually urgent today as it was upon publication. For anyone seeking to understand the philosophical and sociological underpinnings of our modern digital existence, this volume remains an indispensable — and haunting — point of origin.