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The profound effects of technology on society occur mostly without our say-so, much less our blessing. People tend to take the changes technology brings about for granted; we are seldom, if ever, given a say choosing the technologies that become part of our everyday lives. Arguing that it need not be so, Sclove makes a case for cultivating "strong democracy," giving communities a say in choosing which technologies they will live with. This involves making people aware of the unintended consequences that accompany technology designed for a specific narrow purpose. One of his models is the Amish community, which holds town meetings to discuss the effect of introducing any innovation. Is the bringing of indoor plumbing to every home ... Rest of this review on the detail page
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A practical guide to using the Internet as a political tool. U.S. readers interested in this book are also encouraged to consider The Great American Web Book, a compendium of government resources online.
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The preface was written by an executive bureaucrat, so it doesn't say much. In fact, the entire book seems to have a rather high verbiage to concept ratio. Chapter one looks at the (very short) history and (very vague) theory of geographic information systems (GIS). Beyond the idea that it involves information with some spatial component, not much is said. Toward the end of the chapter there is a brief discussion of the purpose of the book, but the stated purpose is simply to aid readers in understanding GIS standards. An examination of the notion of standards is contained in chapter two, which gets very abstruse in places. The GIS "infrastructure," referred to in chapter three, lists, without much overall structure, a variety of sta... Rest of this review on the detail page
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There are few things in Washington, D.C., better than having a source at ground zero. Chris Casey is that inside source, providing a humorous, sometimes frustrating, but always fascinating look at what it has taken to drag the U.S. Congress--kicking and screaming--all the way into the Age of the Internet. Riding this roller coaster with Casey, you will shake your head, and sometimes your fist, at our nation's most powerful lawmakers. But in the end you may come away thinking that at least a handful of those lawmakers have a clue . . . -- Brock Meeks, Chief Washington Correspondent, Wired
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"There is a myth in the United States -- you've heard it many times. It says that all American mothers hope that their child will grow up to be President of the United States. In my case that certainly is a myth. I never dreamed that any of ours would; there were days when I hoped they'd just grow up!...But on January 20, 2001...there we were sitting on the west side of the United States Capitol, waiting for our son George W. to be sworn in as the forty-third President of the United States of America." -- from the Prologue This inspiring follow-up to Barbara Bush's number one bestselling memoir covers the momentous eight years between President George H. W. Bush's leaving office and President George W. Bush's inauguration. Not since Abig... Rest of this review on the detail page
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