Description
"Information wants to be free" is a hacker slogan that comes from a time when the word hacker did not yet have such a negative connotation and only a few lonely geeks had any understanding of the secret corners of cyberspace. With this book, you will follow the dramatic evolution of cyberculture from the birth of cyberpunk, through the creation of the global network originally designed for the free dissemination of information and virtual collaboration, to today's post-factual era, which uses the internet for marketing purposes, propaganda, and the spread of disinformation. You will learn about significant movements and modern heroes fighting for digital freedom, who strive to preserve the internet as a decentralized zone at a time when its development is heading in the completely opposite direction, succumbing to power control, censorship, and market monopolization. Utopia thus becomes dystopia.
Information
Author: Mareš Petr Profen
Publication date: June 27, 2022
Manufacturer: GRADA Publishing, a. s.
Genres: Economics, Personal development, Computers and internet, Books, Specialized and technical literature, Social sciences, Economics, Non-fiction literature
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 232
ISBN/EAN: 9788027133581