Protocol: How Control Exists after Decentralization
Alexander Galloway challenges the popular myth that the internet is a chaotic landscape of total freedom. In Protocol, he reveals that while the network appears decentralized, it is actually governed by a rigid system of technical rules. He argues that the very code making global communication possible serves as a sophisticated mechanism of control. By treating computer languages like a form of l…
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