本书描绘了数字科技为我们的生活、工作、教育和娱乐带来的各种冲击和其中值得深思的问题,是跨入数字化新世界的最佳指南英文版曾高居《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜beingdigitalisanon-fictioncomputersciencebookbyfamedtechnologyauthornicholasnegroponte.itwasoriginallypublishedinjanuary1995byvintagepublishing.beingdigitalprovidesageneralhistoryofseveraldigitalmediatechnologies,manythatnegropontehimselfwasdirectlyinvolvedindeveloping.negroponteanalyzestheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofthetechnologies(suchashisbeliefthathigh-definitiontelevisionwastesbroadcastingpower),andtriestopredicthowthetechnologieswillevolve.negropontepresentsastrongbeliefthathumanityisinevitablyheadedtowardsafuturewhereeverythingthatcanwillbedigitalized(beitnewspapers,entertainment,orsex).thisleadsnegropontetoaquoterepeatedofteninpromotingandexplainingthebooksmaterial,thatthebookismadeofunwieldyatomsthatwillprobablybereplacedbyadigitalcopybythetimeanyonereadsthebook.severale-booksexistofbeingdigital,makingthequoteratherprophetic.