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Pete Broks- C56 ASSIGNMENT II David James CULTURAL MEANINGS OF POPULAR SCIENCE CRITICAL REVIEW-"WHAT JUST HAPPENED" A CHRONICLE FROM THE INFORMATION FRONTIER" JAMES GLEICK This discussion will explore a number of key issues that Gleick raises in his book, 'What Just Happened?", that charts the decade of the nineties. As the book consists of individual essays, rather than a grand narrative, it represents a variety of different takes of technology and public consensus at different times. As Gleick acknowledges , this sometimes results in mistakes and oversights but overall, serves as an excellent spring board in exploring some of the wider issues. This discussion will aim to place the events of the last decade within a cultural and chronological perspective and will question whether we are truly in the Information Age or whether still on the threshold. This will in many ways then, explore the postmodern era itself and...

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