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Table of Contents: “…The subject of the interface -- The interface as form of relation -- Between faces and facing between -- The interface and the surface -- Toward a theory of the interface -- Janus and Jupiter -- Control and power -- The interface and the apparatus -- The interface and the game -- The interface and the machine -- Separation and augmentation -- Mimicry in the game and the interface -- The forming of the interface -- The interface as that which defines the fluid -- Turbulence and control -- The exacting of turbulence -- The demons on the threshold -- Theories of the vortex -- Information and entropy -- Governance and reciprocity -- The interface and teleology -- The turbine as superimposition of fluid and machine -- The vertiginous moment of interface -- The augmentation of the interface -- A genius of augmentation -- The tacit knowing of the interface -- Singularity -- Symbiosis -- System -- Positioning.…”

Table of Contents: “…Ch. 1: Introduction -- Ch. 2: Fast forwarding through the information society -- Ch. 3: Social imaginaries of the information society -- Ch. 4: Communication, complexity, and paradox -- Ch. 5: Communication systems in everyday life -- Ch. 6: Emergence and communication systems -- Ch. 7: Political firestorms in communication policy -- Ch. 8: Conclusion.…”

Table of Contents: “…Enquire within upon everything -- Tangles, links, and webs -- Info.cern.ch -- Protocols: simple rules for global systems -- Going global -- Browsing -- Changes -- Consortium -- Competition and consensus -- Web of people -- Privacy -- Mind to mind -- Machines and the web -- Weaving the web.…”