Abstract

_The Soft Edge_ is a one-of-a-kind history of the information revolution. In his lucid and direct style, Paul Levinson, historian and philosopher of media and communications, gives us more than just a history of information technologies. _The Soft Edge_ is a book about theories on the evolution of technology, the effects that human choice has on this evolution, and what's in store for us in the future. Boldly extending and deepening the pathways blazed by McLuhan, Paul Levinson has provided us with a brilliant and exciting study of life with our old media, our new media, and the media still to come.