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008			121015s2013 nyu b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781250021854 (hardback)
020			_a9781250022233 (trade paperback)
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041			_aeng
050	1	4	_aHM 851 _bM519e 2013
082	0	0	_a303.48
100	1		_aMele, Nicco Angelo, _d1977-
245	1	4	_aThe end of big : _bhow the Internet makes David the new Goliath / _cNicco Mele.
250			_a1st edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bSt. Martin's Press, _c[2013]
300			_a310 p. ; _c22 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [271]-292) and index.
505			_aBurn it all down -- Big news -- Big political parties -- Big fun -- Big government -- Big armies -- Big minds -- Big companies -- Big opportunities?
520			_a"How seemingly innocuous technologies are unsettling the balance of power by putting it in the hands of the masses--and what a world without "big" will mean for all of us. In The End of Big, Internet pioneer and Harvard Kennedy School lecturer Nicco Mele draws on nearly twenty years of experience to explore the consequences of revolutionary technology. Our ability to connect instantly, constantly, and globally is altering the exercise of power with dramatic speed. Governments, corporations, centers of knowledge, and expertise are eroding before the power of the individual. It can be good in some cases, but as Mele reveals, the promise of the Internet comes with a troubling downside. He asks: How does radical thinking underpin the design of everyday technology--and undermine power? How do we trust information when journalists are replaced by bloggers, phone videos, and tweets? Two-party government: will its collapse bring us qualified leaders, or demagogues and special-interest-backed politicians? Web-based micro-businesses can out-compete major corporations, but who enforces basic regulations--product safety, privacy protection, fraud, and tax collection? Currency, health and safety systems, rule of law: when these erode, are we better off? Unless we exercise deliberate moral choice over the design and use of technologies, Mele says, we doom ourselves to a future that tramples human values, renders social structures chaotic, and destroys rather than enhances freedom. Both hopeful and alarming, thought-provoking and passionately-argued, The End of Big is an important book about our present--and our future"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aInternet _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aInternet _xPolitical aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aInformation society _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aInformation society _xPolitical aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aComputer network resources _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aComputer network resources _xPolitical aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPower (Social sciences) _zUnited States.
650		4	_aInternet _91316 _xAspectos sociales _zEstados Unidos
650		4	_aInternet _91317 _xAspectos políticos _zEstados Unidos
650		4	_aPoder (Ciencias sociales) _91318
650		4	_aRedes de computadores _91319 _xAspectos sociales
856	4	2	_3Cover image _uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/854/9781250021854/image/lgcover.9781250021854.jpg
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