Despite the advantages of the second edition, the first edition has a commiNed following of readers who prefer to get the full gist of Dr. Neufeld’s logical arguments and the full enjoyment of Dr. Mate’s eloquent writing style. Unfortunately this edition is now out of print but used books are available through the internet. ISBN:0676974716….
The objective of the second edition was to create a shorter manuscript that was more accessible to the general readership. According to reader response, this goal was successfully accomplished. This second edition is two chapters and some 20,000 words less and has been reorganized so that the reader does not have to wait so long…
When the original edition was released in 2004, it was just before the emergence of Facebook and other social media. In retrospect, the book amply foreshadowed, but could not fully have pictured, the impact of the digital revolution that followed. In fact, is is impossible to make sense of the shape of the digital universe…