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Being Digital

Being Digital is a non-fiction book about digital technologies and their possible future by technology author, Nicholas Negroponte. It was originally published in January 1995 by Alfred A. Knopf.

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Author
Nicholas Negroponte
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Language
English
Media type
Print
Pages
243

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Being Digital

Nodes34
Edges33
Triples32
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.058824
Components1

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Being Digital

Top relations

related to Synopsis · 8
Being Digital → Analog, Bits, Decentralizing, Digital Life, He, In, Negroponte, The
related to Cybernetic subjectivity · 4
Being Digital → He, Negroponte's, They, Timothy Luke
Author · 1
Being Digital → Nicholas Negroponte
ISBN · 1
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Language · 1
Being Digital → English
Media type · 1
Being Digital → Print
Pages · 1
Being Digital → 243
Publication date · 1
Being Digital → 1995
Publication place · 1
Being Digital → United States
Publisher · 1
Being Digital → Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Being DigitalAuthorNicholas Negroponte1.00infobox
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Being DigitalLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Being DigitalMedia typePrint1.00infobox
Being DigitalPages2431.00infobox
Being DigitalPublication date19951.00infobox
Being DigitalPublication placeUnited States1.00infobox
Being DigitalPublisherAlfred A. Knopf, Inc.1.00infobox
Being Digitalis anon-fiction book about digital technologies and their possible future by technology author0.90text
his belief that high-definition television becomes obsolete in comparison to its transition to a digital mediuminstance ofhe also predicts possibilities for the future of these technologies and where he sees their focus on advancement lacking0.80text
a book andinstance ofas a weighted mass form0.80text
televisions receiving their content via signals traveling over the airwaysinstance ofHe suggested that due to accidents of engineering history we had ended with static devices0.80text

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