haljor@sfba.club reviewed Hidden Systems by Dan Nott
A great explainer
5 étoiles
I understand the Internet a lot better (and I work in tech!). The history of electricity and water systems are great too -- very readable.
Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day
Paperback, 272 pages
Langue : English
Publié 15 mai 2023 par Penguin Random House LLC, Random House Graphic.
I understand the Internet a lot better (and I work in tech!). The history of electricity and water systems are great too -- very readable.
Takes three pervasive infrastructures and in a simple graphic treatment breaks them down in systematic detail, in historical and social context, and prompts questioning inequities and future reconsiderations of these built systems and their relationships to our global ecological society.