How Long to Read A Prehistory of the Cloud

How Long Does it Take to Read A Prehistory of the Cloud?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 1 minute to read A Prehistory of the Cloud by Tung-Hui Hu

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The militarized legacy of the digital cloud: how the cloud grew out of older network technologies and politics. We may imagine the digital cloud as placeless, mute, ethereal, and unmediated. Yet the reality of the cloud is embodied in thousands of massive data centers, any one of which can use as much electricity as a midsized town. Even all these data centers are only one small part of the cloud. Behind that cloud-shaped icon on our screens is a whole universe of technologies and cultural norms, all working to keep us from noticing their existence. In this book, Tung-Hui Hu examines the gap between the real and the virtual in our understanding of the cloud. Hu shows that the cloud grew out of such older networks as railroad tracks, sewer lines, and television circuits. He describes key moments in the prehistory of the cloud, from the game “Spacewar” as exemplar of time-sharing computers to Cold War bunkers that were later reused as data centers. Countering the popular perception of a new “cloudlike” political power that is dispersed and immaterial, Hu argues that the cloud grafts digital technologies onto older ways of exerting power over a population. But because we invest the cloud with cultural fantasies about security and participation, we fail to recognize its militarized origins and ideology. Moving between the materiality of the technology itself and its cultural rhetoric, Hu's account offers a set of new tools for rethinking the contemporary digital environment.

How long is A Prehistory of the Cloud?

A Prehistory of the Cloud by Tung-Hui Hu is 241 pages long, and a total of 60,491 words.

This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Prehistory of the Cloud Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 30 minutes to read A Prehistory of the Cloud aloud.

What Reading Level is A Prehistory of the Cloud?

A Prehistory of the Cloud is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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