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FUTURE OF THE INTERNET--AND HOW TO STOP IT
By: Jonathan Zittrain
Yale University Press
May 2008
On Sale: April 28, 2008
352 pages
ISBN: 0300124872
EAN: 9780300124873
Hardcover
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North Korean radios that are altered to receive only the official stations. Cars that listen in on their ownersβ conversations. Digital video recorders ordered to self-destruct in viewersβ homes thanks to a lawsuit against the manufacturer thousands of miles away. Jonathan Zittrainβs extraordinary book pieces together the engine that has catapulted the Internet ecosystem into the prominence it has todayβand explains that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. With the unwitting help of consumers, the Internet is on a path to a lockdown, a closing off of opportunities and innovation. Zittrain explains that the Internet and much of what is built on top of it is βgenerativeββit welcomes change from anyone, anywhere. The benefits of generativity are innovative output (new things that improve peopleβs lives), and participatory input (the opportunity to connect with other people, work with them, and express oneself). But security issues online, like viruses, spyware, and invasions of privacy, will see this generative infrastructure replaced by fashionable βtethered appliances,β including iPods, iPhones, Xboxes, and TiVos. These devices are not generativeβthey canβt be modified easily by users, even as they are continuously regulated and controlled by their makers. Zittrain offers an accessible discussion of the looming problems of an βappliancizedβ future and provides a set of visionary solutions to help stop it.
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