The stack : on software and sovereignty /
Bratton, Benjamin H.,1968-
A comprehensive political and design theory of planetary-scale computation proposing that The Stack -- an accidental megastructure -- is both a technological apparatus and a model for a new geopolitical architecture.
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Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Credits; Preface; I The Models; Introduction; The Nomos of the Cloud; Platform and Stack, Model and Machine; II The Layers; Earth Layer; Cloud Layer; City Layer; Address Layer; Interface Layer; User Layer; III The Projects; The Stack to Come; The Black Stack; Glossary; Notes; Index
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
A comprehensive political and design theory of planetary-scale computation proposing that The Stack -- an accidental megastructure -- is both a technological apparatus and a model for a new geopolitical architecture.
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Ubiquitous computing.
Computer software
Computer software
Computer software
DIGITAL HUMANITIES & NEW MEDIA/New Media Theory
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/General
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Media Studies