Digital technologies have already had a dramatic impact on how we create and share information -- and we're just getting started. This chapter from Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion offers a look at the risks and opportunities made possible by new technologies and discusses seven "truths about bits," such as "Nothing goes away" and "Bits move faster than thought."

Title: Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion
Authors: Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, Harry Lewis
Chapter 1: "Digital Explosion: What Is Happening and What Is at Stake?"
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-713559-2; Copyright 2008 by Addison-Wesley Professional. Used with permission of the publisher. For more information, please visit InformIT.


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