Connected Intelligence: The Arrival of the Web Society [Paperback]

Derrick De Kerckhove (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1895897874 | ISBN-13: 978-1895897876 | Publication Date: June 1997

In Connected Intelligence, Derrick de Kerckhove speculates on the consequences of massive global networking--and what might happen if it reaches a critical mass of "connected intelligence." Will the sum total of people's connected intelligence be vastly more intelligent than any one person's intelligence could hope to be? This startling proposition points directly to the possibility that we are undergoing one of the greatest leaps in the evolution of our species. Connected intelligence may be the next step in the evolution of human intelligence.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"De Kerckhove sees technology's fingerprints on everything, from the fall of the Wall to the global market, from the increase in smoking in women to stock market fluctuations...de Kerckhove can look over the curve of the horizon and see what is waiting for us there." -- The Whig Standard

"De Kerckhove's beat is the philosophy of emerging media. When media pundits want to know how McLuhan would interpret the societal consequences of the World Wide Web, they call de Kerckhove." -- Wired Magazine

About the Author

Best known as the erudite and irreverent director of The McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto, Derrick de Kerckhove has been in the eye of the dramatic debate about the ultimate effects of communications and media technology for over two decades.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Somerville House Books (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1895897874
• ISBN-13: 978-1895897876
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,080,730 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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