We don’t do advertisements, so the mention of Solu has nothing to do with the certainty that it’s the next popular gadget on the market, but rather the opposite: it …
The cybernetic space machine
What is cyberspace? Can one see it? Determine it? Measure it? The question may seem provocatively commonplace, yet the answer appears to be difficult. According to the official interpretation one …
The two sides of social networking
Social media is a virtual field of sociality, where social time is converted into digital space. A virtual, digital space where millions of users deposit pieces of their daily activity, …
Hacking as an ideology
O Hacker, where art thou? Speaking of hacking, we are referring to what has become established as black hat hacking. For those who may not know, within the “community” of …
cyberterritorial history
The evolution of cyberspace is both a quantitative and qualitative perspective that has followed the course of the Internet and network and computer technology almost faithfully. In 1991 the creation …
The pearly gates of cyberspace
This essay by Margaret Wertheim was published in Greek in the magazine futura no. 5, Winter 1998 – 1999, from which we republish it. It was included in the collective …
The Internet of Things: comments on the political economy of the networked information machine
Always look at the bright side of life… It’s 7:59 in the morning on some weekday and you’re enjoying your sleep. In a minute, the smart watch you recently bought …