IS THE COMPUTER A COMMUNIST?
The article discusses "computer communism," when computers freely share private information and content over the Internet. The author looks at the political system of communism, the role of computers in capitalism, and private property while explaining the metaphor of computers as communists. Other...
| Publicado en: | ETC: A Review of General Semantics Vol. 69; no. 2; pp. 235 - 237 |
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Institute of General Semantics, Inc.
Apr2012
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| Sumario: | The article discusses "computer communism," when computers freely share private information and content over the Internet. The author looks at the political system of communism, the role of computers in capitalism, and private property while explaining the metaphor of computers as communists. Other topics include the music file sharing program Napster, identity theft, and surveillance systems. |
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