互联网怎样改变我们的生活（FAST FORWARD）

内容摘要 · · · · · ·

"Leading experts" here range from executives at well-known Internet brands to futurist Alvin Toffler to ubiquitous cyber-commentator Esther Dyson. No new names, then, and no real surprises. Sikes and Pearlman divide these interviews, conducted in the spring and summer of 1999, into topical sections, creating the appearance of a conversation on the Internet's impact on education, health, careers, consumerism, etc. Each of the contributors waxes enthusiastic over the power of the Internet to change lives while throwing in plugs for his or her respective company. Some mention the need for the critical evaluation of online information or the digital divide between the rich and the poor, but this barely slows their momentum. The suggested sites at the end of each topical section tend toward large names; many chapters even list the "most popular" sites on the subject. The inclusion of several predictions about the Internet "by the end of the year 2000" will date the material fairly quickly. These interviews might serve as articles for Internet novices, but in a book they fail either to provide new insights or to create a convincing narrative. Not recommended.

图书目录 · · · · · ·

AUTHORS' NOTE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
The Power of the Web
ONE
The Virtual Back Fence
TWO
Take Charge of Your Health!
THREE
Millionaire Tools Available to All
FOUR
The Education Revolution
FIVE
A Great Time to Be an Entrepreneur
SlX
Playing by the New Career Rules
SEVEN
Consumer Power
EIGHT
The World Is Your Stage
NINE
Privacy, Security, Power, and Control
TEN
Riding into the Future
BIOGRAPHIES
Power Panel
INDEX

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