What Will Be: How the World of Information Will Change Our Lives | 
| Author: Michael L. Dertouzos
Publisher: HarperOne
Category: Book
List Price: $25.00
Buy Used: $0.01
You Save: $24.99 (100%)
New (40) Used (123) Collectible (11) from $0.01
Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 1559112
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 6.5 x 1.2
ISBN: 0062514792
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.4833
EAN: 9780062514790
ASIN: 0062514792
Publication Date: March 26, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com Review
Many have predicted what emerging technology will mean for society. Michael Dertouzos, an Internet pioneer and Head of MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science, has been among the few who've been pretty much right so far. Now he reaches into the coming century to paint a compelling, rationally developed picture of what's ahead. Dertouzos' fluid freedom from the pollyanna-ism or paranoia that afflict so many of his contemporaries brings to his visions the ring of both conviction and plausibility--and excitement as well. His crystal explanations and fascinating examples are irresistible. The result is a book as enjoyable as it is important.
Product Description
"What Will Be is an engaging and visionary guide to the future, filled with insights.... Whoever takes part in the coming Information Revolution -- and that's just about all of us -- needs to know What Will Be."
--Bill Gates"What Will Be is a rich, detailed look at the future texture of our daily lives."
--Esther Dyson Tech oracle Michael Dertouzos -- head of the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and author of the bestselling Made in America -- offers a learned, accessible and fascinatingly detailed preview of new information technology and the ways it will remake our society, culture, economy and private lives in the next century.Speaking to every reader affected by technological change and written by a key architect of the very revolution it describes, What Will Be is the first detailed roadmap to the world of the technological future.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 What can be not what will be March 19, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What will be, by Michael Dertouzos, is indeed an interesting read despite his lack of support for his thesis. By the nature of the title and subtitle, the reader is teased with a possible glimpse into our technological future. Perhaps the book should have been titled, What can be. How the new world of information can change our lives. The largest stumbling block toward accepting the title and premise is Deertouzos' careful avoidance of information technology venture capitalism, marketing, and legal environments that determine what actually is designed, manufactured and marketed. If an author infers that technology will actually happen, then they are obligated to explain when and how momentous longstanding roadblocks will be removed. Of course these issues are discussed but in a highly speculative and vague manner. On a positive note, the section What is Wrong with Technology is very clear and makes the book worth reading. I recommend this book. Despite content sprinkled with lofty assertions, Dertouszos prepares the reader for technological issues which will continue to revolutionize our world.
 A book about OUR future. October 23, 2001
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In the early 1980s, Dr. Dertouzos boldly predicted a place where people could freely exchange information and services using a personal computer. Today this place is widely known as the Internet. Dr. Dertouzos, head of the MIT Lab for Computer Science, uses this book to share more of his ideas and predictions of "What Will Be" in the future.
His book, without getting too technical, explains how society will be changed by a new revolution he calls the Information Marketplace. His examples of new networked technologies that will simplify our lives opened my eyes and got me excited about what lies ahead in the future. His idea of a 'Bodynet,' a personal mobile network which enables you to make phone calls, watch the news, and mingle with strangers as you stroll down the block is realistic. But other ideas, such as a database that keeps track of your clean clothes in your closet to help you decide what to wear seems farfetched and even useless.
Overall I was satisfied with the content of Dr. Dertouzos' book. It was clear and concise and provided some humorous examples of how the new technologies will be used. I would recommend this book to anyone that has an interest in how technology will shape society's future.
Everyone needs to know What Will Be! July 7, 2001
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I didn't know anything about Michael Dertouzos prior to discovering and reading this book. It's a presentation of a man's visions of our world's digital future. However, he is not just any man. Dertouzos has been director of the MIT Computer Science Lab for several decades, and has been a leading party in many discoveries and innovations that took place in MIT, or with collaboration to it. He has for many years been a most active participant in the evolution of computers, networks and the Internet itself, thus being the most suitable one to try to envision a picture of our networked world as it will be in the near future.Dertouzos presents quite interesting aspects about how our future will be shaped by all networked electronic equipment, be they computers, TVs, or mobile devices. He shows how more and more uses of the Net will gradually evolve, uses that most of us have not even imagined possible. He calls the Internet a global "Information Marketplace", since he shows how it will grow to include all human activities, not necessarily linked to computers as we know them today. The only hitch I can find in Dertouzos's reasoning, is the time he is talking about. While he says that most of the innovations he talks about will start showing up and rapidly evolve in the next 10 to 20 years, I believe that this time is short. My opinion is, it will take quite some more time for all of Dertouzos's dreams and aspirations to come to life and full use. I wouldn't like to reveal anything more about what's mentioned in this book. I'm not a good summary-writer, so I wouldn't want to spoil your experience of learning What Will Be!
 A vivid picture of what our future may be. July 27, 1999
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Dr. Dertouzos has given us all much to think about in this book. There isn't a person in the world who won't be impacted by the great changes that may occur. Everyone should read this book and then figure out how you want to be changed. It will be a better future for all of us if we take active roles in the Information Marketplace.
Wonderful book which sheds light on future of society. August 29, 1998
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book provides some wonderful examples of what society will be like in the future.I especially enjoyed the idea to create software which will be smart. What a concept?
|
|
|
