Cyberselfish

 Cyberselfish - A Critical Romp through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech 

  • Foreword — p. xi

  • Introduction — p. 1

    • Strangers in the Night — p. 3
    • Who Goes There? — p. 7
    • Varieties of Religious Experience — p. 9
    • Ravers and Gilders — p. 14
    • Magic: The Gathering — p. 16
    • What’s Wrong with this Picture? — p. 19
    • Known Sightings — p. 22
    • Northern Exposure — p. 23

  • Chapter 1 — Bionomics in Your Daily Life — p. 27

    • Biology Is Destiny — p. 29
    • Red in Tooth and Nail — p. 34
    • Eugenics — p. 37
    • Change Is Good — p. 43
    • Don’t Know Much About Biology — p. 48
    • Little Shop of Horrors — p. 53
    • Culture of Complaint — p. 55
    • Block by Block — p. 59
    • End of an Era — p. 59
    • Strange Bedfellows — p. 63
    • From Theory to Praxis — p. 67

  • Chapter 2 — The Crypto Wars: Cypherpunks, Digital Cash, and Anarcho-Capitalism, Oh My — p. 69

    • Roots and Wings — p. 73
    • Strategy, Tactics, Logistics — p. 78
    • Styles of Radical Will — p. 80
    • Meet the Cypherpunks — p. 83
    • The Cypherpunk Strut — p. 86
    • Schadenfreude — p. 92
    • Nerverts — p. 95
    • CFP — p. 100

  • Chapter 3 — Wired: Guiding the Perplexed — p. 110

    • Wired Style — p. 113
    • Examining the Text — p. 117
    • Hot Media, Cold War — p. 123
    • Would Margaret Mead Be Pleased? — p. 127
    • The Woman Question — p. 132
    • GILDERVISION — p. 134
    • Natty Bumpo, Levi Strauss, and You! — p. 141
    • Angels and Insects — p. 143
    • Living in the Material World — p. 146
    • TECHNOLUMPEN — p. 149
    • We Are Family — p. 153
    • Veal Pens — p. 157

  • Chapter 4 — Cybergenerous — p. 165

    • Circumstantial Evidence — p. 168
    • A Sad Story — p. 172
    • The Bell Curve — p. 174
    • Art Not Science — p. 178
    • Rebuttal to Cyberselfish — p. 184
    • Material Culture — p. 190
    • Tomcats in Love — p. 193
    • The Value of Money, the Meaning of Value — p. 195
    • Lesson Plans — p. 198

  • Chapter 5 — But How Did This Happen? — p. 202

    • Disease Centers — p. 203
    • The Power of the Net — p. 207
    • Ask Not What Your Government Can Do for You — p. 208
    • By the People, For the People — p. 210
    • What Dreams Are Made Of — p. 213
    • Teratogenic — p. 219
    • Programming Is a Lot Like Life — p. 221
    • Closer to the Machine — p. 223
    • Machine Dreams — p. 226
    • Rearing Its Ugly Head — p. 232
    • Bad Boys Are So Much More Fun — p. 234
    • Climate = Destiny — p. 236

  • Chapter 6 — The Thrilling Conclusion — p. 242

    • What Is Real, and What Is Not — p. 245
    • Envoi — p. 250

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