Informationsålderns djupa historia: föreläsning långt bort

Journalist and information architect Wright delivers a fascinating tour\nof the many ways that humans have collected, organized and shared\ninformation for more than 100,000 years to show how the information age\nstarted long before microchips or movable type.

A self-described\ngeneralist who displays an easy familiarity with evolutionary biology\nand cultural anthropology as well as computer science and technology,\nWright explores the many and varied roots of the Web, including how the\nstructure of family relationships from Greek times, among others, has\nexerted a profound influence on the shape and structure of human\ninformation systems.

He discusses how the violent history of libraries\nis the best lesson in how hierarchical systems collapse and give rise\nto new systems, and how the new technology of the book introduced the\nnotion of random access to information.