City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn
by William J. Mitchell
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Author: William J. MitchellEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1996-08-01
ISBN: 0262631768
Number of pages: 225
Publisher: The MIT Press
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Book Review: Maybe you had to be there
Summary: 5 Stars
It's interesting to read after all these years the comments made some time after the publication of this book. In 1996 it was an eye-opener and it's a bit pathetic to judge it with 20/20 hindsight. I dobn't know of any other book prior to this one being launched simultaneously on the web and in good old-fashioned hard cover. Bill Mitchell opened my eyes to new possibilities and City of Bits, dated as it may be, is a treasured possession.
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"City of Bits" is a comprehensive introduction to a new type of city, an increasingly important system of virtual spaces interconnected by the information superhighway. William Mitchell makes extensive use of practical examples and illustrations in a technically well-grounded yet accessible examination of architecture and urbanism in the context of the digital telecommunications revolution, the ongoing miniaturization of electronics, the commodification of bits, and the growing domination of software over materialized form.Cliche alert: just as railroads influenced settlement patterns and economics of the 19th century, and automobiles influenced settlement, commerce, and recreation in the 20th century, computer networks will influence how we live, work, and move (and how and even whether we move) in the 21st century.
William Mitchell, from MIT, is one of the first scholars to rigorously examine this modern cliche, and draws heavily on the history of architecture, and urbanism. If you suspect there is truth in these truisms, and want to get beyond facile sloganeering prophesying an infintely ductile future, I highly recommend this book. Mitchell does a very job of explaining not just how things are likely to change, but also of examining historical precendents such as telephony, and to what degree previous prognostications came true.
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