Digital Cathedrals

Name: Digital Cathedrals
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SKU: 9781641771108
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By Mark P. Mills

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Digital Cathedrals by Mark P. Mills explores the impact of digital infrastructure on modern society and the economy. With a focus on technological advancements and their transformative power, the book delves into how digital networks resemble historical cathedrals in their complexity and significance. It presents an insightful examination of the future of technology, emphasising the potential for innovation and growth.
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This book may appeal to you if you're fascinated by the intersection of technology and its transformative impact on society. It offers insightful perspectives on how the digital revolution mirrors the monumental achievements of the past, with a focus on the potential for innovation to reshape our future in profound ways. If you're intrigued by discussions on technological advancements and their broader implications, you'll likely find this work engaging.

We are now witnessing the build-out of society's first foundationally new infrastructure in nearly a century: the Cloud. It is an ecosystem of information-digital hardware, at the heart of which resides massive warehouse-scale datacenters unlike anything ever built. Given the resources committed to them and the reverence afforded to the companies t

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Given the resources committed to them and the reverence afforded to the companies that build and own them, datacentres might be called the digital cathedrals of the twenty-first century. The emerging Cloud is as different from the communications infrastructure that preceded it, as air travel was different from automobiles.

And, using energy as a metric for scale—since there are only two kinds of infrastructures, energy-producing and energy-using—today's global Cloud already consumes more energy than all aviation. Yet, as disruptive as the Cloud has already become, we are in fact just at the end of the beginning of what the digital masons are building for the twenty-first century.

Digital Cathedrals by Mark P. Mills explores this revolutionary transformation and its implications for the future.

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Digital Cathedrals by Mark P. Mills explores the monumental impact of digital technologies on modern society, likening their effects to that of the grand architectural cathedrals of the past. The book receives praise for its engaging narrative and insightful analysis, shedding light on how digital innovation is transforming traditional structures and economies. Readers appreciate Mills's ability to make complex topics accessible, though some note a preference for deeper technical details. Overall, it serves as a thought-provoking read for those interested in the intersection of technology and societal evolution.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781641771108

Publisher: Encounter Books,USA

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 February 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Encounter Books,USA

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 190.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 64

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About the Author

Mark P. Mills is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a faculty fellow with the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University, and a strategic partner in a tech venture fund.