Bratton, Benjamin H.,  1968- <br/><br/>
The stack :  on software and sovereignty / 
Benjamin H. Bratton. 
 - xx, 502 pages 
 - Software studies .
 - Software studies. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> A comprehensive political and design theory of planetary-scale computation proposing that The Stack -- an accidental megastructure -- is both a technological apparatus and a model for a new geopolitical architecture.  What has planetary-scale computation done to our geopolitical realities? Benjamin Bratton proposes that smart grids, cloud computing, mobile software and smart cities, universal addressing systems, ubiquitous computing, and other types of apparently unrelated planetary-scale computation can be viewed as forming a coherent whole - an accidental megastructure that is both a computational apparatus and a new geopolitical architecture. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Askews and Holts. <br/>Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262330183 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ubiquitous computing.<br/>Computer software--Human factors.<br/>Computer software--Social aspects.<br/>Computer software--Political aspects.<br/>Computers and IT.<br/>Media studies<br/>Software Engineering<br/>Social & political philosophy<br/>Computer programming / software engineering<br/>Computer science
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