Steven R Best
Biographic Data
| ID | 9177653 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven R Best |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven R |
| FAMILY NAME | Best |
| SIGNATURE | BEST S R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at El Paso |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3934-1991 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Terrorists or Freedom Fighters
Kevin Kelly’s Complexity Theory
Regarded as a contemporary prophet of the new technology and economy, Kevin Kelly argues that the realms of nature and human construction are becoming one. Human-made things are becoming more lifelike, and life is becoming more engineered. In this future world, control is dispersed in highly pluralistic, open, and decentralized systems. Natural, technological, economic, and social elements of the system coevolve toward a superior, neobiological c…
In Modernity's Wake
"The Chicago Experience"--The City as Hyperreal
It's a curious thing. I've lived in and around Chicago all my life and have experienced the diverse aspects of this teeming city, yet it was only recently I had The Chicago Experience, de rigueur for every tourist. At night, with friends, on impulse, strolling past the Sears Tower, a building I have always gawked at but never entered, I decided to venture to its renowned heights to view the luminosity of the urban terrain. I was astonished-not so…
"The Chicago Experience"--The City as Hyperreal
It's a curious thing. I've lived in and around Chicago all my life and have experienced the diverse aspects of this teeming city, yet it was only recently I had The Chicago Experience, de rigueur for every tourist. At night, with friends, on impulse, strolling past the Sears Tower, a building I have always gawked at but never entered, I decided to venture to its renowned heights to view the luminosity of the urban terrain. I was astonished-not so…
"The Chicago Experience"--The City as Hyperreal
It's a curious thing. I've lived in and around Chicago all my life and have experienced the diverse aspects of this teeming city, yet it was only recently I had The Chicago Experience, de rigueur for every tourist. At night, with friends, on impulse, strolling past the Sears Tower, a building I have always gawked at but never entered, I decided to venture to its renowned heights to view the luminosity of the urban terrain. I was astonished-not so…
In Modernity's Wake
Kevin Kelly’s Complexity Theory
Regarded as a contemporary prophet of the new technology and economy, Kevin Kelly argues that the realms of nature and human construction are becoming one. Human-made things are becoming more lifelike, and life is becoming more engineered. In this future world, control is dispersed in highly pluralistic, open, and decentralized systems. Natural, technological, economic, and social elements of the system coevolve toward a superior, neobiological c…
Terrorists or Freedom Fighters
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Animal experimentation (1 works) · Animal Liberation Front (1 works) · Animal rights (1 works) · Animal rights movement (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Art history (1 works)