Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech

Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech
ISBN-10
1586480383
ISBN-13
9781586480387
Category
Social Science
Pages
276
Language
English
Published
2001-05-17
Publisher
Public Affairs
Author
Paulina Borsook

Description

In 'Cyberselfish' Borsook journeys through and rants about high tech culture, profiling the worlds of ravers, gilders, cypherpunks, anarchocapitalists, and other Silicon Valley life forms; and exploring the theory and practice of what she dubs 'technolibertarianism' in all its manifestations. Whether she is attending Bionomics conferences or hanging out with Wired staffers, reading personal ads or evaluating high-tech's sorry philanthropic record, Borsook is full of original observations, mordant wit, and furious passion that readers wake up to the social and political consequences of having computer geeks run the world. 'Cyberselfish' raises the hackles of high techies and clarifies what makes the rest of us so nervous about the brave new cyberworld.

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