Foundations of the Information Revolution
Learn about the origins of the Information Revolution, where it veered off track, and what its failure means for the future of humanity in this exclusive 7-part series. The series is adapted from a module I teach as part of an introductory academic course and is designed to provide a solid foundation on some of the most pressing issues of our time.
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Silicon Dawn
Part 1/7: A bird’s-eye view of the Information Revolution, the third great technological revolution in human history.
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Great Expectations
Part 2/7: Understanding cyber-utopianism, the foundational ideology of the 1990s Internet.
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Giants Rise
Part 3/7: The shift from ideological cyber-utopianism to big-tech corporate market dominance.
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Tech Oligarchs
Part 4/7: The rise of Silicon Sultans, the information age reincarnation of the robber barons of the Industrial Revolution.
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Filtered Information
Part 5/7: The unfulfilled promise of a free, equal and prosperous information society through the decentralization of social power.
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Broken Dreams
Part 6/7: How the hopes for world peace were lost.
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Looming Dusk
Part 7/7: The bleak technological future of humanity.