Author : Fergus Hanson
Publisher : Longueville Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1920681965
Internet Wars by Fergus Hanson Pdf
Through a wealth of vivid stories, Internet Wars explores the big questions about how the Internet is disrupting the world as we have known it, and how the world must build new understandings in response. A fascinating and compelling argument about a major new global challenge.Hugh White, Professor of Strategic Studies, The Australian National University Internet Wars thoughtfully portrays how power structures are being twisted, bent and broken by people and institutions who are Internet-smart.Alec Ross, Senior Advisor for Innovation to the then-Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton In the last decade, a radical new network has begun to fully manifest itself; the largest political and economic arena the world has ever known: the internet. For those who can master it the promise of political, economic, and military power is extraordinary. Yet, the dramatic contest for control currently underway is often obscured by our prosaic everyday online activity. At a distance though it is unmistakable. Already, exploitation of this new super-network has helped create the world's most valuable company, toppled governments, led to the largest wealth transfer in history, and created the most extensive global surveillance system ever known. All of humankind is on track to become linked through this single, universal platform but the full implications for state sovereignty, corporate power and human rights have not yet been grasped. The internet has created daunting challenges that have been allowed to go unaddressed: cyber warfare, industrial online theft, burgeoning monopoly power and eroding privacy. We are fast approaching a turning point where action is needed if the most dynamic features of the internet are to be preserved. There is an urgent need to understand the broad currents of the internet's growth if we are to secure its vitality and promise into the future. Internet Wars is a call to action for a more informed debate about a contest to control the internet that will profoundly affect us all for generations to come. It looks at the three epicentres of online contest: people power, government power, and economic power. Fergus Hanson breaks down the dynamics at play in each of these critical areas and finds the human narratives that tell the emerging story about the internet's transformation of our lives.