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Title: dated and ridiculous
Review: Granted, this book is 12 years old, so it's going to be outdated. But many of Stoll's predictions and insights about the internet simply never came to pass. For instance, he claims that "few aspects of daily life require computers... they're irrelevant to cooking, driving, visiting, negotiating, eating, hiking, dancing, speaking, and gossiping." Not true. I've gotten countless wonderful recipes online, I wouldn't think of planning a trip without consulting an online map site, and I've learned more about different hiking trails via conservation websites than I would have ever come across in books or magazines. I understand that computers are not an absolute necessity. But I don't know what I would do without quick, easy, and inexpensive access to the information available on the internet these days. And that's saying nothing of e-commerce, which has revolutionized the trade of goods in this country over the last decade or so. Sorry, Cliff, but you were way off on this one.
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