City of bits : space, place, and the infobahn

We cite from amazon.com : /
"just as railroads influenced settlement patterns and economics of the 19th century, and automobiles influenced settlement, commerce, and recreation in the 20th century, computer networks will influence how we live, work, and move (and how and even whether we move) in the 21st century.
William Mitchell, from MIT, is one of the first scholars to rigorously examine this modern cliche, and draws heavily on the history of architecture, and urbanism. Mitchell does a very good job of explaining not just how things are likely to change, but also of examining historical precendents such as telephony, and to what degree previous prognostications came true. "