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. What has planetary-scale computation done to our geopolitical realities? It takes different forms at different scales--from energy and mineral sourcing and subterranean cloud infrastructure to urban software and massive universal...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:026202957X
ISBN13:9780262029575
Release Date:February 2016
Publisher:MIT Press
Length:528 Pages
Weight:2.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.7" x 7.3" x 9.2"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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