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1. “Self-Motivating Exhilaration”

On the Cultural Sources of Computer Communication
  • Thomas Streeter
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The Net Effect
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. “Self-Motivating Exhilaration” 17
  6. 2. Romanticism and the Machine 44
  7. 3. Missing the Net 69
  8. 4. Networks and the Social Imagination 93
  9. 5. The Moment of Wired 119
  10. 6. Open Source, the Expressive Programmer, and the Problem of Property 138
  11. Conclusion 168
  12. Notes 189
  13. Index 213
  14. About the Author 221
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814741153.003.0002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. “Self-Motivating Exhilaration” 17
  6. 2. Romanticism and the Machine 44
  7. 3. Missing the Net 69
  8. 4. Networks and the Social Imagination 93
  9. 5. The Moment of Wired 119
  10. 6. Open Source, the Expressive Programmer, and the Problem of Property 138
  11. Conclusion 168
  12. Notes 189
  13. Index 213
  14. About the Author 221
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