How Long to Read The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is

How Long Does it Take to Read The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is by Justin E. H. Smith

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

Description

An original deep history of the internet that tells the story of the centuries-old utopian dreams behind it—and explains why they have died today Many think of the internet as an unprecedented and overwhelmingly positive achievement of modern human technology. But is it? In The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is, Justin Smith offers an original deep history of the internet, from the ancient to the modern world—uncovering its surprising origins in nature and centuries-old dreams of radically improving human life by outsourcing thinking to machines and communicating across vast distances. Yet, despite the internet’s continuing potential, Smith argues, the utopian hopes behind it have finally died today, killed by the harsh realities of social media, the global information economy, and the attention-destroying nature of networked technology. Ranging over centuries of the history and philosophy of science and technology, Smith shows how the “internet” has been with us much longer than we usually think. He draws fascinating connections between internet user experience, artificial intelligence, the invention of the printing press, communication between trees, and the origins of computing in the machine-driven looms of the silk industry. At the same time, he reveals how the internet’s organic structure and development root it in the natural world in unexpected ways that challenge efforts to draw an easy line between technology and nature. Combining the sweep of intellectual history with the incisiveness of philosophy, The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is cuts through our daily digital lives to give a clear-sighted picture of what the internet is, where it came from, and where it might be taking us in the coming decades.

How long is The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is?

The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is by Justin E. H. Smith is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is aloud.

What Reading Level is The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is?

The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is 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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