Readings
Books:
- Benkler, The Wealth of Networks. The entire book is available via this website in many different formats, some free.
- Appiah, Cosmopolitanism. An excellent excerpt is available from the New York Times.
- Fried, Modern Liberty. The parts of the book necessary for this course are available here.
- Watts, Six Degrees. An article by Watts describing his work is available from Wired Magazine here.
Videos:
- Heralds of Resource Sharing http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4989933629762859961
- The War Tapes, http://thewartapes.com/trailer/
- Brief History of the Internet
http://telemusicvision-server.com/dean/Zuckerman-BB-intro.mp4
Podcasts:
Names to Browse in Wikipedia
- Charles Babbage
- George Boule
- Claude Shannon
- Marshall MacLuhan
- JCR Licklider
- Dave Clark
- Richard Stallman
Blogs and Discussion Boards


