9 Oct 2008

Steven Johnson: The Web and the city

Posted by jofr

Steven Johnson says the Web is like a city: built by many people, completely controlled by no one, intricately interconnected and yet functioning as many independent parts. While disaster strikes in one place, elsewhere, life goes on.

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