[PDF.70ux] A Prehistory of the Cloud (MIT Press)

A Prehistory of the Cloud (MIT Press)

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 | #133948 in Books |  imusti |  2016-09-02 | Original language:English |  9.00 x.50 x6.00l,.0 | File type: PDF | 240 pages

 | Mit Press

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| A poetic history of the cloud - and all its implications|By Sami Makelainen|What you will find in this book:
- A beautifully written narrative about how the cloud became to be what it is today, from the physical infrastructure to the other constructs (including political).
- Almost poetic language, which is a rarity for such a technical field.
- Without a doubt,| ||Before we dismantle the cloud in our fight against the centralization of power, it's crucial to know its history. Thanks to Tung-Hui Hu's excellent book, A Prehistory of the Cloud, we now do. (Geert Lovink, media theorist)

|Hu's riveting ge

We may imagine the digital cloud as placeless, mute, ethereal, and unmediated. Yet the reality of the cloud is embodied in thousands of massive data centers, any one of which can use as much electricity as a midsized town. Even all these data centers are only one small part of the cloud. Behind that cloud-shaped icon on our screens is a whole universe of technologies and cultural norms, all working to keep us from noticing their existence. In this book, Tung-Hui Hu ex...

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