On Software and Sovereignty
by Bejamin H. Bratton
- Author(s)
- Bejamin H. Bratton
- Publication, year
- Cambridge, Mass. ; London : The MIT Press, 2015
- Scope
- 502 Pages, 23.5 cm.
- ISBN
- 9780262029575
In The Stack, Benjamin Bratton proposes that the different genres of computation—smart grids, cloud platforms, mobile apps, smart cities, the Internet of Things, automation—can be seen not as so many species evolving on their own, but as forming a coherent whole: an accidental megastructure called 'The Stack' that is both a computational apparatus and a new governing architecture. We are inside 'The Stack' and it is inside of us. In an account that is both theoretical and technical, drawing on political philosophy, architectural theory, and software studies, Bratton explores six layers of 'The Stack' : Earth, Cloud, City, Address, Interface, User. Each is mapped on its own terms and understood as a component within the larger whole built from hard and soft systems intermingling—not only computational forms but also social, human, and physical forces.
- Keywords
- new media , interactivity - social media
- Location
- Cabinet 11B - 3: Technologie + Posthumanisme
- Remarks
- Incl. bibliographical references and Index.
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