Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "The stack (model of planetary computation)" in English language version.
Although Bratton uses the Internet of Things just as one example among many, the phenomenon that the things around us are becoming media certainly fits the central claim of the book: we live in an age of planetary-scale computation and need to focus anew on the role of technology. This is also why Bratton warns the reader in his first sentence that besides 'political philosophy', 'architectural theory, and software studies', his book might 'even [be] science fiction' (p. xvii). The Stack is divided into three parts: the first explains Bratton's concept of 'the stack' inspired by the layered architecture of the Internet protocol (p. xviii); the second and longest part introduces six different layers – earth, cloud, city, address, interface and the user – which are also linked to one another; the final part provides an account of what this might mean for our future.
The first layer is the most basic layer of the global digital stack and represents its natural building blocks. Benjamin Bratton refers to this as the Earth layer. We will here speak of the (natural) resource layer. Before any digital machine can operate, it needs specific materials in order to operate. Every technology requires specific natural resources. Coal drove the Industrial Revolution and oil was the crucial input of the era of mass production and the automobile. Similarly, digital technologies require specific resources. Apart from traditional energy, certain metals are especially important. The lightweight metal lithium is a critical input for the batteries of many electronic devices like mobile phones and laptops. Another important metal is cobalt, which is important as the cathode material used in lithium-ion batteries.
Although Bratton uses the Internet of Things just as one example among many, the phenomenon that the things around us are becoming media certainly fits the central claim of the book: we live in an age of planetary-scale computation and need to focus anew on the role of technology. This is also why Bratton warns the reader in his first sentence that besides 'political philosophy', 'architectural theory, and software studies', his book might 'even [be] science fiction' (p. xvii). The Stack is divided into three parts: the first explains Bratton's concept of 'the stack' inspired by the layered architecture of the Internet protocol (p. xviii); the second and longest part introduces six different layers – earth, cloud, city, address, interface and the user – which are also linked to one another; the final part provides an account of what this might mean for our future.
Although Bratton uses the Internet of Things just as one example among many, the phenomenon that the things around us are becoming media certainly fits the central claim of the book: we live in an age of planetary-scale computation and need to focus anew on the role of technology. This is also why Bratton warns the reader in his first sentence that besides 'political philosophy', 'architectural theory, and software studies', his book might 'even [be] science fiction' (p. xvii). The Stack is divided into three parts: the first explains Bratton's concept of 'the stack' inspired by the layered architecture of the Internet protocol (p. xviii); the second and longest part introduces six different layers – earth, cloud, city, address, interface and the user – which are also linked to one another; the final part provides an account of what this might mean for our future.
The first layer is the most basic layer of the global digital stack and represents its natural building blocks. Benjamin Bratton refers to this as the Earth layer. We will here speak of the (natural) resource layer. Before any digital machine can operate, it needs specific materials in order to operate. Every technology requires specific natural resources. Coal drove the Industrial Revolution and oil was the crucial input of the era of mass production and the automobile. Similarly, digital technologies require specific resources. Apart from traditional energy, certain metals are especially important. The lightweight metal lithium is a critical input for the batteries of many electronic devices like mobile phones and laptops. Another important metal is cobalt, which is important as the cathode material used in lithium-ion batteries.
Although Bratton uses the Internet of Things just as one example among many, the phenomenon that the things around us are becoming media certainly fits the central claim of the book: we live in an age of planetary-scale computation and need to focus anew on the role of technology. This is also why Bratton warns the reader in his first sentence that besides 'political philosophy', 'architectural theory, and software studies', his book might 'even [be] science fiction' (p. xvii). The Stack is divided into three parts: the first explains Bratton's concept of 'the stack' inspired by the layered architecture of the Internet protocol (p. xviii); the second and longest part introduces six different layers – earth, cloud, city, address, interface and the user – which are also linked to one another; the final part provides an account of what this might mean for our future.
The first layer is the most basic layer of the global digital stack and represents its natural building blocks. Benjamin Bratton refers to this as the Earth layer. We will here speak of the (natural) resource layer. Before any digital machine can operate, it needs specific materials in order to operate. Every technology requires specific natural resources. Coal drove the Industrial Revolution and oil was the crucial input of the era of mass production and the automobile. Similarly, digital technologies require specific resources. Apart from traditional energy, certain metals are especially important. The lightweight metal lithium is a critical input for the batteries of many electronic devices like mobile phones and laptops. Another important metal is cobalt, which is important as the cathode material used in lithium-ion batteries.
