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title: "The Internet Galaxy"
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"Human culture only exists in and by human minds,
usually connected to human bodies.
Therefore, if our minds have the material capability
to access the whole realm of cultural expressions—select them,
recombine them—we do have a hypertext: the hypertext is inside us."

== The Geography of the Internet: Networked Places ==

"Cities are faced with a challenge... It follows that public space and monumentality (museums, cultural centers, public art, architectural icons) will play a key role in marking space, and facilitating meaningful interaction."

There are different ways in which to picture the geography of the Internet.
The picture of the graph on the cover of the book resembles that of Matt Britt shown on the right.

== The Digital Divide in a Global Perspective ==

"Education, information, science, and technology
become the critical sources of value creation
in the Internet-based economy.
Educational, informational, and technological resources are
characterized by extremely uneven distribution throughout the world
(UNESCO, 1999)."

== Conclusion: The Challenges of the Network Society ==

"I imagine one could say: ″Why don't you leave me alone?!
I want no part of your Internet, of your technological civilization, of your network society! I just want to live my life!″..."

== e-Links ==
One of the significant features of the book (published in 2001 before
the September 11 attacks and around the time of the
dot-com bubble) is the
inclusion of the e-Links section at the end of every chapter. Each e-Link is given as a URL, followed by a short text of one or two lines to describe the content. For example, at the end of Chapter 6 "The Politics of the Internet II: Privacy and Liberty in Cyberspace", a collection of 4 e-Links is given:

cnetdownload.com
junkbusters.com
silentsurf.com
anonymizer.com
and the short explanatory text following is "Websites providing technological resources to protect privacy."
There is one major flaw associated with the e-Links. None of the e-Links in The Internet Galaxy provide "the date of last access".

== Notes ==

== External references ==