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by Jeffrey M. Stibel
Wired for Thought: How the Brain Is Shaping the Future of the Internet
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
PREFACE - BrainGate
INTRODUCTION - The Internet Is a Brain
PART I - Building the Brain
CHAPTER 1 - The Thinking Machine
Eric Clapton’s Loop-de-Loop Machine
A Brain in a Bottle
Artificial Brains
Artificial Brains, Real Intelligence
CHAPTER 2 - Darwin’s Cloud
Computing in the Clouds
Selfish Software
Cracking the Digital Code
Back to The Dalles
Computing in the Clouds
The Internet as a Computing Cloud
PART II - Internet Intelligence
CHAPTER 3 - A Wise Guess
Mental Levitation
Future Shock
Logical Flaws
Gambling with Uncertainty
Back to the Future
CHAPTER 4 - Too Much of a Good Thing
The Flaw of Information
Monty Hall and Door Number 3
Making the Internet a Prediction Machine
CHAPTER 5 - Creative Destruction
The Business of Creative Destruction
Creative Destruction on Madison Avenue
The Internet Creatively Destructs
PART III - The Brain Behind the Web
CHAPTER 6 - A Web of Neurons
A Symphony of Lights
Of Minds and Memes
Beneath the Surface of the Pond
The Eyes Have It
A Spider’s Web
Off the Evolutionary Cliff
CHAPTER 7 - Searching for the Right Words
Calling Henry Higgins
Zipf’s Law and the Long Tail
Natural Selection
The Attack of the Creepy Crawlies
The Prom Queen
CHAPTER 8 - The Limits of Networks
Metcalfe’s Law and the Laws of Gravity
Metcalfe’s Revenge
The Law of Equilibrium
The Laws of Networking
CHAPTER 9 - The Social Networks
Long Live MySpace
Will MySpace Implode?
Facebook’s Network of Networks
Will the Internet Implode?
The Internet Is Dead; Long Live the Internet
PART IV - I, Internet
CHAPTER 10 - The New Rules of the Brain, Business, and Beyond
Big Brother
The Power of Thought
CHAPTER 11 - A Ghost on the Web
Swipey-Wipies and Swirly-Whirlies
Ghost in the Machine
Charting the Course
The Gravity of the System
Collective Consciousness
I Think, Therefore I Am the Internet
EPILOGUE - The Brain of the New Machine
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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PREFACE - BrainGate
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
PREFACE -
BrainGate
INTRODUCTION -
The Internet Is a Brain
PART I -
Building the Brain
CHAPTER 1 -
The Thinking Machine
CHAPTER 2 -
Darwin’s Cloud
PART II -
Internet Intelligence
CHAPTER 3 -
A Wise Guess
CHAPTER 4 -
Too Much of a Good Thing
CHAPTER 5 -
Creative Destruction
PART III -
The Brain Behind the Web
CHAPTER 6 -
A Web of Neurons
CHAPTER 7 -
Searching for the Right Words
CHAPTER 8 -
The Limits of Networks
CHAPTER 9 -
The Social Networks
PART IV -
I, Internet
CHAPTER 10 -
The New Rules of the Brain, Business, and Beyond
CHAPTER 11 -
A Ghost on the Web
EPILOGUE -
The Brain of the New Machine
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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