From Gutenberg to Google: The History of Our Future by Wheeler, Tom
From Gutenberg to Google: The History of Our Future by Wheeler, Tom

From Gutenberg to Google: The History of Our Future

How Network revolutions of the past have shaped the present and set the stage for the revolution...
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Author: Tom Wheeler
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From Gutenberg to Google: The History of Our Future by Wheeler, Tom

From Gutenberg to Google: The History of Our Future

$45.18
From Gutenberg to Google: The History of Our Future by Wheeler, Tom

From Gutenberg to Google: The History of Our Future

$45.18
Author: Tom Wheeler
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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How Network revolutions of the past have shaped the present and set the stage for the revolution we are experiencing today

In this fascinating book, former FCC chairman Tom Wheeler brings to life the two great network revolutions of the past and uses them to help put in perspective the confusion, uncertainty, and even excitement most people face today. The first big network revolution was the invention of movable-type printing in the fifteenth century. The second revolution came with the invention of the telegraph early in the nineteenth century. Never before had people been able to communicate over long distances faster than a horse could travel. Along with the development of the world's first high-speed network--the railroad--the telegraph upended centuries of stability and literally redrew the map of the world.

Wheeler puts these past revolutions into the perspective of today, when rapid-fire changes in networking are upending the nature of work, personal privacy, education, the media, and nearly every other aspect of modern life. Outlining "What's Next," he describes how artificial intelligence, virtual reality, blockchain, and the need for cybersecurity are laying the foundation for a third network revolution.



Author: Tom Wheeler
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 04/02/2024
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9780815740612

About the Author
Before he became chairman of the Federal Communications Commission in 2013, Tom Wheeler started or helped found several companies offering new cable, wireless, and video communications services. A visiting fellow at Brookings, his previous books include Take Command: Leadership Lessons from the Civil War (Doubleday, 2000) and Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails: The Untold Story of how Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War (Harper Collins, 2006).
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