Webtopia: The worldwide wreck of tech and how to make the net work

Peter Lewis

Webtopia: The worldwide wreck of tech and how to make the net work
Format
Paperback
Publisher
ReadHowYouWant.com Ltd
Country
Canada
Published
31 July 2019
Pages
400
ISBN
9780369307002

Webtopia: The worldwide wreck of tech and how to make the net work

Peter Lewis

Sydney in the 1970s and 1980s was a world of limited choice, one where we all watched the same television programs and the household phone was at the heart of all networks people belonged to: family, school, church and the neighbourhood. The arrival of the internet promised a utopian, creative and democratic future that would break down traditional institutions and replace them with exciting collaborative networks. So how did we end up here? In Webtopia, Peter Lewis draws from his own pre- and post-tech experience and conversations with entrepreneurs, politicians, pastors, parents, teachers and journalists to show us that technology is not the problem. We are. If we fix our relationship with technology, it will be easier to fix our relationships with each other in a fragmenting world. Riveting, engaging and wise, Webtopia traces our digital journey to this point and, fearlessly, marks out the best route from here.

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