Takes a humorous tour of the world wrought by modern technology. This text explores the worlds of privacy, virtual reality, publishing and computer networks, and also social issues, such as warfare, jobs, computer catastrophes, and the future itself.

Throughout unusual, eye-opening analogies and historical comparisons - from Egyptian hieroglyphics to the sewing machine to the codebreakers of World War II - give us a context for the computer age, showing how new technologies have always bred intertwined hope and resistance.

Too many secrets
infinite in all directions
the power of ideas
only connect
the bloody crystal
the life you save
the machine stumbles
a creation unknown.