Collective intelligence
Subtitle: mankind's emerging world in cyberspace
By: Pierre Lévy ; translated from French by Robert Bononno.
Publisher: Plenum Trade
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Information technology -- Social aspects
Description: The number of travelers along the information superhighway is increasing at a rate of ten percent a month. How will this communications revolution affect our culture and society? Though awed by their potential, we've feared computers as agents of the further alienation of modern man: they take away our jobs, minimize direct human contact, even shake our faith in the unique power of the human brain. Pierre Levy believes, however, that rather than creating a society where machines rule man, the technology of cyberspace will have a humanizing influence on us, and foster the emergence of a "collective intelligence"--A meeting of minds on the Internet - that will validate the contributions of the individual.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-268) and index.
Translation of: L'intelligence collective.