Reviews for Demographic and social consequences of oil and gas development in Siberia, 1960s-early 1990s

The average rating for Demographic and social consequences of oil and gas development in Siberia, 1960s-early 1990s based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-07-27 00:00:00 Robert L Buchin Written at the height of the first wave of virtual reality hype in the 90s, this book is an admirably unhyperbolic (in fact rather refreshingly sceptical) socio-cultural study of the phenomenon, that the author uses to open a wider debate about the nature of reality and simulation, and the tensions between the two in (predominantly) western science and culture from the middle ages to the present day. In the process, Wooley manages to predict all sorts of things; the rise of social media, Netflix, bitcoin, the proof of quantum mechanical action at a distance, to name just a few, while also successfully deducing that true, immersive 3d virtual worlds will remain elusive longer than the evangelists of the 90s imagined. For anyone living in the interface between reality and simulation that is the world today, this is a fascinating and sobering read. I really enjoyed it.

Review # 2 was written on 2007-12-20 00:00:00 Justin Watterson Interesting material covered (I read this in preparation for a presentation to my company on virtual reality) but the writing style was quite boring and sometimes the flagrant grammatical errors throughout made it difficult to get through.