Stewart Brand, child of the Pentagon, godfather of the the Whole Earth world view, dispassionate account by Stanford professor, or how the digital utopia was designed to exclude most.

Good bio of Stewart Brand, his band of followers, and the left coast movement that made the Whole Earth catalog and is Wired. A bit dry but worth the trip.

Fascinating reading. Recommended

Lila Shroff July '21
Saffron Huang
Anna Mitchell
Tianyu

have to read this OMG

http://webnography.blogspot.com/2007/...

Somewhat difficult to read; has novel insight into the relationship between the cold war military establishment, the hippie communes and the rise of the "egalitarian" world of the PC.

A must read for anyone who is wanted to know how we got to where we are with the Internet.

Cybernetics, geodesic domes, the WELL, the start of Wired, and everything else awesome. This book made me briefly consider going to grad school to write its sequel as a dissertation.