Avec le XXe siècle se clôt le 2e millénaire mais aussi la Terre, l'astre des vivants. La mondialisation clôt le champ des possibles de l'horizon terrestre : le globe est bouclé par une ronde de satellites qui nous fait heurter l'enveloppe de notre planète. Et par le couplage des…
"Over the past decade there has been a growing public fascination with the complex connectedness of modern society. This connectedness is found in many incarnations : in the rapid growth of the Internet, in the ease with which global communication takes place, and in the ability…
"Over the past decade there has been a growing public fascination with the complex connectedness of modern society. This connectedness is found in many incarnations: in the rapid growth of the Internet, in the ease with which global communication takes place, and in the ability …
In this exploration of the meaning of the Internet, journalist and legal scholar Andrew Shapiro weaves a narrative through events that are occurring all around us. Dissidents use the Net to evade censorship to get their messages out. Musicians bypass record companies and put the…
"World City Network interprets cities as global service centres. With the advent of multinational corporations, the traditional urban service function has 'gone global'. In order to provide services to globalizing corporate clients, the offices of major financial and business se…
