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The Spirit of the Internet was awarded
FIRST PRIZE in the non-fiction
category at the Independent e-Book Awards ceremony held at
the Virginia Festival of the Book.
"You have done a great job with a complex subject, and
I hope you will reach a wide audience."
RALPH ABRAHAM, Ph.D., author of Trialogues on the
Edge of the West, Chaos-Gaia-Eros, and The Evolutionary
Mind
"A uniquely inspiring vision of where cyberspace will
carry the spirit of humanity in the coming century."
BRUCE DAMER, author of Avatars: Exploring and Building
Virtual Worlds on the Internet
"The key premise of Larry Hagerty's The Spirit of
the Internet is that cyberspace has evolved a "spirit"
which cannot-and must not-be corralled or controlled. This
intriguing argument leaps across disciplinary boundaries and
emphasizes similarities rather than differences, tapping worlds
of knowledge along the way. After executing a superb survey
of the Internet's evolution, he not only tackles its philosophical
issues, but also applies the principle of random variables
to the science of Chaos, concluding that both freedom and
responsibility are essential to the health and growth of a
powerful collective spirit, which is changing the face of
human existence."
GABRIELE RICO, Ph.D., author of Writing the Natural
Way, Pain and Possibility, and Re-Creations:
Inspiration from the Source
"An exciting romp through the future of cyberspace. A
future laden with the possibility of a new golden age for
all humanity. This book is an invitation for each of us to
wake up and do our part."
CARLA HIGDON, Director of Community Relations, Multidisciplinary
Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
"Larry Hagerty is a 21st century techno-shaman who
carries the ancient traditions forward, bridging the past
while bringing the magic of the future into existence. To
those whose hearts and minds are open, a reading of The
Spirit of the Internet will infuse them with the pioneering
spirit of a visionary who dares to dream and think freely."
MATTHEW J. PALLAMARY, author of Land Without Evil,
The Small Dark Room of the Soul, A Short Walk to
the Other Side
“There is much green thought
built into the book in kind of peek-a-boo ways. There is also
much use of religious metaphors and language. In one chapter
he talks about how the Internet is connecting all the countries
of the world together in a seamless web. In another he talks
about how just governments obtain their powers from the consent
of the governed. This is all tied together by bridges like
chaos theory which are carefully annotated and referenced,
making the book something like a hyperlinked web node of remarkable
detail. . . . The very least you can get from reading this
book is an understanding of how the Internet boom managed
to sweep along so many people in a cloud of emotion that was
somewhere between religious awe and a feeding frenzy. Many
sound bites from people like Terence McKenna and John Perry
Barlow that got me are between the covers, right where they
fit in the development of Hagerty's arguments. If you enjoy
discussing the practical implications of philosophy, you will
get lots of useful material from The Spirit of the Internet.”
TIAN HARTER
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