Thresholds, Vol. 16

Excerpt from Thresholds, Vol. 16: Spring, 1998 The Law of Network Externalities predicts that the value of a network node grows with the addition of further nodes to the network. If you and only one of your friends have email, then it's not of very high value. If all your friends have email, then it's worth a lot more to you. And if pretty much everyone has email, then you can't afford to be without it. Together with dirt-cheap silicon, this has fueled the explosive growth of the Inter net and the Web. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.