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by D Coyle (Author) "A single imported greetings card with a microchip that plays Happy Birthday when the card is opened contains more computer power than existed on the..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: MIT Press; New edition edition (29 Jun 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0262531666
  • ISBN-13: 978-0262531665
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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"This is a wonderfully refreshing read. You've heard the standard stories--the gee-whiz optimism of the technophiles, the pessimism of the neo-luddites. Coyle offers something completely different. Each chapter offers a novel, often unsettling perspective about the future. For sure she will turn out to be wrong about some things--but no matter. This is one of those rare books that force your thoughts out of their usual grooves." --Paul Krugman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, author of "Pop Internationalism" and "The Age of Diminished Expectations"
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3.0 out of 5 stars Provoking statements - a bit political, but many fine points, 29 Oct 2000
By jakob@diness.dk (Copenhagen, Denmark) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Weightless World: Thriving in the Digital Age (Paperback)
I found the book interesting in some ways and very annoying in others. The first 4-5 chapters are in my view the most interesting even though I don't agree in some of the statistical surprises. For instance the electronic Happy Birthday card contains more computer power than existed on the planet in 1945 is undocumented and probably only right in some weird measurement. However, I find the overall picture very well written.

The weakness is that many of the last chapters contain more politics and "lets-get-rid-of - government" talks than I expected, and that is not very interesting nor does a lot of it have relevance to the weightless world. Although there are some good points such as the discussion of big cities concentration vs rural development.

Aside from the occasionally political standpoints it is a good and thorough book of the consequenses of the so-called "new economy" on society.

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