What Just Happened: A Chronicle from the Information Frontier

In an illuminating analysis of the ways in which technology has transformed the modern world, the author of Chaos: Making a New Science presents a series of essays in which he examines recent technological developments, the hype surrounding the electronic world, and the implications and opportunitie
For the past decade change seemed to happen over night, every night. Fueled by the exponential rise of technology, the digital revolution was difficult for many to make sense of, but James Gleick watched and analyzed, criticized and commended, participated in and prophesized about the instantaneous transformations of the world as we knew it. What Just Happened is a collection of Gleick's articles from this equally exciting and terrifying decade--remember Y2K?--that range from condemnations of maddeningly pervasive bugs in Microsoft software to the invisible shackles we wear in an "Inescapably Connected" world. Combining insight and reason with wit and passion, What Just Happened is an essential tour of our technology-driven mania.