Stibel, Jeffrey M.
Wired for thought : how the brain is shaping the future of the Internet / Jeffrey M. Stibel ; with the collaboration of Erik Calonius and Peter Delgrosso. - Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business Press, c2009. - xxxi, 202 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: BrainGate -- Introduction: the Internet is a brain -- The thinking machine -- Darwin's cloud -- A wise guess -- Too much of a good thing -- Creative destruction -- A web of neurons -- Searching for the right words -- The limits of networks -- The social networks -- The new rules of the brain, business, and beyond -- A ghost on the Web -- Epilogue: the brain of the new machine.
The Internet is more than just a series of interconnected computer networks: it's the first real replication of the human brain outside the human body. To leverage its power, you first need to understand how the Internet has evolved to take on similarities to the brain. This engaging and provocative book provides the answer.
9781422146644 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1422146642 (hbk. : alk. paper)
2009007984
GBA959792 bnb
015292091 Uk
Internet.
Thought and thinking.
Artificial intelligence.
Brain-computer interfaces.
TK5105.875.I57 / S773 2009
004.678
Wired for thought : how the brain is shaping the future of the Internet / Jeffrey M. Stibel ; with the collaboration of Erik Calonius and Peter Delgrosso. - Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business Press, c2009. - xxxi, 202 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: BrainGate -- Introduction: the Internet is a brain -- The thinking machine -- Darwin's cloud -- A wise guess -- Too much of a good thing -- Creative destruction -- A web of neurons -- Searching for the right words -- The limits of networks -- The social networks -- The new rules of the brain, business, and beyond -- A ghost on the Web -- Epilogue: the brain of the new machine.
The Internet is more than just a series of interconnected computer networks: it's the first real replication of the human brain outside the human body. To leverage its power, you first need to understand how the Internet has evolved to take on similarities to the brain. This engaging and provocative book provides the answer.
9781422146644 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1422146642 (hbk. : alk. paper)
2009007984
GBA959792 bnb
015292091 Uk
Internet.
Thought and thinking.
Artificial intelligence.
Brain-computer interfaces.
TK5105.875.I57 / S773 2009
004.678