Silicon Snake Oil Second Thoughts on the Information Highway The book Silicon Snake Oil : Second Thoughts On The Information Highway affected me by making me look at the internet and the information explosion of the 1990's from a different perspective. The author states his ideas on the subject and uses personal experiences to state and supports his ideas. He also gives examples of ironic situations where computers are supposed to be quicker and easier to perform a specific task and in reality they are not. The author supported his point of view that the internet and the information highway were not necessarily good by using some true and hypothetical situations that illustrate his views. An example of this was of e-mail* and is it really better than regular mail. His argument was that although e-mail can be faster and cheap....

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