{"product_id":"tales-of-the-internet-jessica-keyes-9781696407724","title":"Tales of the Internet","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore social media.\u003cbr\u003eBefore smartphones.\u003cbr\u003eBefore the algorithms.\u003cbr\u003eThere was the early Internet-chaotic, anonymous, exhilarating, and far more dangerous than anyone imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten in the late 1990s and first published in 2001\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTales of the Internet\u003c\/i\u003e documents the raw, unfiltered world of the early Web at the exact moment it exploded into public life. Based on firsthand observations and real digital patterns of the time, this book reveals how ordinary people, opportunists, thrill-seekers, and predators behaved when suddenly given new identities, new freedoms, and a new kind of power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRepublished in 2019\u003c\/b\u003e and updated again in \u003cb\u003e2025\u003c\/b\u003e, this edition reframes the original text for today's reader-offering reflections on how much has changed and, more importantly, how much has not. The scams are larger now, the platforms slicker, the risks automated, but the core human behaviors that shaped the early Web still drive the digital world we live in today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTales of the Internet\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a \u003cb\u003etime capsule\u003c\/b\u003e of an online era that has vanished: a world of dial-up modems, message boards, primitive chatrooms, early e-commerce, and thousands of strange little websites where humanity revealed itself in new and unexpected ways. What began as an experiment in connection evolved into a mirror-reflecting our desires, our deceptions, our vulnerabilities, and our inventions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you lived through the early Internet or came of age long after it disappeared, this book offers a fascinating-and sometimes unsettling-look at the foundations of modern online culture. It shows how the Web didn't change who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt simply exposed it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica Keyes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1696407729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781696407724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Jessica Keyes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997244993791,"sku":"9781696407724","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tales-of-the-internet-jessica-keyes-9781696407724","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}