William Gibson · 1984
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“I'm even thinking back to 1984 William Gibson Neuromancer which affected me and a lot of people in the field…”
Why: It affected him and a lot of people in the field by looking into the future about how online media and the internet would be gamed.
Craig Newmark, Guest on Conversations with TylerCraig Newmark on Institutional Maintenance, Giving Away Control, and the Internet We Were Promised
“there's the William Gibson stuff I remember reading in 1984 his seminal work Neuromancer which he wrote knowing nothing about computers and yet it's influenced a great deal of how the internet has evolved…”
Why: It influenced a great deal of how the internet has evolved.
Craig Newmark, Guest on Conversations with TylerCraig Newmark on Institutional Maintenance, Giving Away Control, and the Internet We Were Promised