by Nicholas Carr · W. W. Norton & Company · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780393345223
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«The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google» is the essay by Nicholas Carr published by W. W. Norton & Company in paperback (304 pages).
Nicholas Carr draws a parallel between the electrification of the United States in the late nineteenth century and the expansion of networked computing. He argues that computing is becoming a public utility, like electricity, and that this shift will transform society.
Text in English; 2013 edition with a final chapter updating the analysis. The work falls within the technology category.
For readers interested in the digital society and the history of computing.
Nicholas G. Carr is an American journalist and writer who has published books and articles on technology, business, and culture. His book The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction.
